Published on 04th June 2025 Authored By: Devesh Mandhata Indian Institute of Management Rohtak [IIM-R] Abstract Can a system designed for procedural efficiency truly deliver substantive justice? Plea bargaining, introduced in India through the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2005, was heralded as a pragmatic response to chronic trial delays and an overburdened judiciary. Yet, its […]
Published on 03rd June 2025 Authored By: Ayaan Siddiqui St. Xavier’s University Kolkata Abstract The implementation of plea bargaining in India can greatly alleviate its massive judicial backlog. This study examines the socially constructed goods and infrastructures the system creates alongside its challenges. India’s current utilization of plea-bargaining amounts to 0.11 percent of all
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Published on 30th May 2025 Authored By: Reshmi Khan Heritage Law College ABSTRACT An agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and the defendant is known as a plea bargain. Looking deeper into it, if we break down this term “Plea Bargaining” into parts, “Plea” & “Bargain”, it starts making more sense, as we
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Published On: 28th May 2025 Authored By: Upanshi Upadhyay Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University Abstract This article examines plea bargaining as a concept in India, one of the key legal reforms brought in to accelerate criminal trials and alleviate the humongous burden on the country’s overburdened judiciary. Enacted by the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2005,
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