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Custodial Deaths in India: Legal Framework, Accountability and Reforms

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Published on 15th August 2025 Authored By: Shivangi Sundaram GJ Advani Law College, University of Mumbai ABSTRACT Custodial deaths in India expose deep institutional pathologies beyond legal gaps, rooted in colonial-era policing mentalities and systemic impunity. Forensic analyses reveal consistent evidence suppression: 60% of deaths occur before judicial remand (NCRB 2000–2020), with medical reports often […]

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Custodial Deaths in India: Legal Framework, Accountability, and Reforms

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Published on 08th August 2025 Authored By: Riddhi Nilesh Joshi Kirit P Mehta School of Law, NMIMS Abstract Custodial deaths have long posed a serious challenge to the Indian criminal justice system, testing its commitment to accountability, due process and the protection of fundamental rights. Despite constitutional guarantees such as Articles 20 and 21, incidents

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Death Penalty in India: Judicial Trends and Human Rights Concerns

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Published on 15th July 2025 Authored By: Drashti Jain Sage University Indore Introduction The practice of capital punishment in India continues to spark considerable debate, as the legal community and human rights advocates grapple with balancing the principles of justice against the protection of fundamental rights. Although the death penalty remains a legal form of

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT OR REFORMATION: AN ANALYSIS

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Published on 05th May 2025 Authored By: Mannat Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab Abstract Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, has been a controversial element of criminal law for many years, raising questions about its moral basis, effectiveness, and reconcilability with international human rights norms. Arguments in favour are that it

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Death Penalty in India: Judicial trends and Human Rights concerns

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Published on 27th April 2025 Authored By: Bandhani Ghosh Shyambazar Law College, University of Calcutta Abstract Death Penalty or Capital Punishment is a form of punishment which enables the State to lawfully take the life of a convict. Such convict upon been sentenced a Death Penalty, is known as convict on a death row. Since

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