Published on 05th August 2025 Authored By: Saloni Shikha Chanakya National Law University, Patna INTRODUCTION India’s criminal justice system underwent a radical change on July 1, 2024, when Parliament planned to replace the old colonial-era enacted Indian Penal Code (IPC) with the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023. Concurrent with the BNS, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha […]
Published on 29th July 2025 Authored By: Nyasha Kaushik SKJ Law College, Muzaffarpur, Bihar Introduction The Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, marks a pivotal reform in India’s criminal justice landscape. It replaces the Indian Penal Code (IPC) of 1860, a colonial legacy that governed criminal law for over 160 years. The BNS aims to bring
Published on 23rd June 2025 Authored By: Soumali Chatterjee Calcutta University Abstract Every woman has a dream to spend their married life happily. But many times it has been seen that women are abused by their in-laws’ family members just because of the problem of Dowry. Every woman deserves to be in a dignified status
Dowry Deaths and Legal Provisions: An analysis of IPC and judicial response Read More »
Published on 31st March 2025 Authored By: Himasikta Tanaya Singh Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies, Karnataka State Law University INTRODUCTION The anatomical elements of a crime have been condensed into a convenient and rather commonly known legal maxim – actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea.[1] It states that for a person to be subject
Survival of The Narrowest: Why the McNaughten Rules are Practically Irreplaceable Read More »
Published on 31st March 2025 Authored By: Aqsa Nadeem Institute of Engineering and Management Abstract In determining criminal liability of defendants, the criminal justice system relies on insanity. In India, legal framework establishes the criminal liability of accused persons suffering from mental illness by committing the tests to determine his or her participation in a punishment.
The concept of insanity in criminal law: legal tests and judicial Trends Read More »
