The FIR was filed nearly 50 days after the incident following the intervention of a local court, said senior police officials on Wednesday. According to a senior official, the accused includ… Read More

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday sentenced four Gujarat Police officers to simple imprisonment of 14 days, after finding them guilty of Contempt of Court for violating the Supreme Court… Read More

By Prof Upendra Baxi The Indian Evidence Act, 1872, (Act, hereafter) is no stranger to frequent amendments.1 But the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill (BSB) 2023, now offers a code seeking to repea… Read More

This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Broke Issue”. Click here to subscribe now. The story of Bitcoin has certainly had its fair share of nefarious characte… Read More

The Calcutta High Court has ordered transfer of the Special CBI judge at Alipore for ‘harassing’ members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the recruitment scam in… Read More

The Meghalaya High Court while noting that since all the matters pertaining to the deaths in custody in the State from 2012 till date have been covered, closed the Suo Moto Public Interest… Read More

By Prof Upendra Baxi The desire of Indian governance has always been to “decolonise” the Indian legal system, but there exist various ways of achieving this end. Therefore, a… Read More

My Rating - 4 out of 5 starsPublisher - JuggernautGenre - Non-Fiction/LawPublishing year - 2020Language - EnglishISBN - 978-93-5345-090-8Pages - 225Book Re… Read More

Introduction In the intricate tapestry of the Indian legal landscape, the rights of an arrestee stand out as a beacon of justice and fairness. These rights, deeply embedded in the Indian… Read More

Dear reader, we regret to inform you that the war on drugs has needlessly claimed another life, this time in southwest India where a man was arrested for MDMA possession shortly before dying… Read More

The Supreme Court directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to file a ‘comprehensive’ affidavit on the progress of investigation/prosecution into 183 police encounter killings, which… Read More

Nigerian actor Yomi Fabiyi recently expressed words of encouragement and support on social media for his fellow actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ije… Read More

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 29 (ANI): The use of torture in Pakistan by law enforcement agencies in order to extract confessions or other information has been widespread, according to The New… Read More

Madhya Pradesh is once again in the spotlight for atrocities against the Adivasi community. On July 4, 2023, a video of a man urinating on a tribal person in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh… Read More

Chennai, April 19 (IANS) In the past two days, senior IAS officer P. Amutha who is probing the Ambasamudram custodial torture case in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli, has taken statements from almo… Read More

About Writ Petition: In legal terms, a writ refers to a formal written order issued by a court or other judicial or administrative authority. Writs are typically used to direct a person or a… Read More

At least five torture victims have allegedly been offered money to change their testimony against IPS officer Balveer Singh, according to a lawyer as well as one of the victims Read More

According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Andhra Pradesh topped the list of states in sedition cases in 2021. The southern state accounted for 29 sedition cases out of total 76 regi… Read More

By Divishada Desai and Trisha Rai Admissions and Confessions are two exception to the hearsay rule that states, “any evidence that is in essence hearsay is no evidence”. The… Read More

A NEW report by the Research and Advocacy Unit (Rau) has predicted increased organised violence and torture, particularly in urb… Read More

"Azaadi Sentiment in J&K Growing Stronger Than Ever": Mehbooba Mufti, head of the PDP, Prior to the G20 summit, the PDP raised the issue of arrests in Kashmir in its monthly newslet… Read More

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the West Bengal Police of killing a tribal man during a night raid in the Trinamool Congress-ruled state’s Kaliaganj area. BJP MLA and L… Read More

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan reached the Lahore High Court on Monday seeking to halt “coercive government action” against PTI and quashment of multiple cases filed against hi… Read More

The Indian Constitution guarantees basic freedoms to its citizens to promote equality in all spheres of life, including social, economic, and political life. Part III of the Indian Constitut… Read More

WE THE PEOPLE of the United States do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America, in order to form a more perfect Union founded on liberty, dignity, democracy, a… Read More