Criminal Justice

Court orders and govt decisions: A look back at criminal justice in 2022

Sedition, bail law, and criminal law reforms--we look at some of the major announcements for criminal justice in India

Criminal justice system sometimes compounds victim's trauma, says CJI

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said it is "unfortunate" that the manner in which the criminal justice system functions sometimes compounds the victim's trauma

Story in numbers: 3 in 4 prisoners in Indian jails await trial, shows data

Globally, India ranks sixth, after Liechtenstein (91.7 per cent), San Marino (88.9 per cent), Haiti (81.9 per cent), Gabon (80.2 per cent), and Bangladesh (80 per cent)

CJI Ramana flags issue of large population of undertrials in jails

Out of 6.10 lakh prisoners in the country, nearly 80 per cent are undertrials, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said while stressing the need to increase the efficiency of the criminal justice system

Brutality can't be ignored as crime is against society: Supreme Court

Brutality committed on a victim cannot be ignored in a criminal proceeding as the crime is not against an individual but the society, which needs to be dealt sternly, said the Supreme Court on Monday

British lawyer Amal Clooney appointed special adviser to ICC prosecutor

British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney was named Friday as one of 17 special advisers to the new chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

New laws mark the end of innocence

The reversal of burden of proof on cow, love Jihad, dissent and citizenship turns the tenets of judicial system on its head

Letters to BS: CJI should lead in fixing criminal justice delivery system

A broken justice system results in unconstitutional methods of delivering justice

Law Ministry for 'procedural reforms' to improve criminal justice

Data from the National Crime Records Bureau shows that there were 2.8 million serious criminal cases pending in 2014