Narco analysis and the Constitution [Shashwat Bajpai]
Far from being novel, truth serums have been in use since the early part of the 20th century. During and after the War years, United States armed forces and intelligence agencies continued to experiment with truth drugs. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has admitted to using these as part of its interrogation tactics.
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Anticipatory bail [Prashant Abhilekh, Rini Rao]
The Commission has noted that the concurrent jurisdiction of the court of session and the high court under s. 438 has generated much avoidable litigation. The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, has not prescribed any specific order in which the two alternative concurrent forums are to be approached for the grant of anticipatory bail.
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Jurisdictional issues in the prosecution and punishment of cyber crime [Amal S. R.]
The developing law of jurisdiction must address whether a particular event in cyber space is controlled by the laws of the state or country where the website is located, by the laws of the state or country where the internet service provider is located by the laws of the state or country where the user is located, or perhaps by all of these laws.
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Critique of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 [Aastha Suman]
The researcher visited the government children’s home for boys under the CWC in Bangalore to study the implementation of the JJA.
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Need for a witness protection law in India [Goklesh Meena]
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Plea bargaining: Is it as consensual as convenient? [Jasneet Kaur]
In my opinion, before vehemently applauding or criticising ‘plea bargaining’, it actually needs to be seen and witnessed whether the concept, which has so steadily safeguarded one of the world’s most influential judicial systems, will in actuality be able to do the same for our comparatively fragile system.
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The defense of duress under Indian law [Malak Bhatt]
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Contempt of court and the media [Ritu Tiwary, Aju John]
The right to a fair trial, uninfluenced by extraneous pressures is recognized as a basic tenet of justice. The Constitution of India and the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 contain provisions aimed at safeguarding the right to fair trial. Restrictions are imposed on the discussion or publication of matters relating to the merits of a case pending before a Court.
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Custodial crimes - a critical analysis [K. Anup Koushik]
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Insanity as a defence [Ankit Kejriwal]
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Barking up the wrong tree? Can courts direct the CBI to investigate without the consent of state governments? [N Vivekananda]
The argument often made to justify directions from courts to the CBI is that Article 142 or the inherent powers of other courts can be invoked to direct the CBI to investigate cases without consent from the State Government. This argument is based on obiter in the decision in Sampat Lal.
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The law of passports in India: a legally untenable attempt to incorporate some draconian provisions in the name of security as well as to satisfy some populist demands [Dr. N. C. Asthana, IPS and Dr. Anjali Nirmal]
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Thinking about narcoanalysis and polygraph tests [Preeti Gandhi]
Robert House concluded that a patient under the influence of scopolamine “cannot create a lie… and there is no power to think or reason”. His experiment and this conclusion attracted wide attention, and the idea of a truth drug was thus launched on the public consciousness.
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A systematic review of the national and international evidence on the effectiveness of interventions with violent offenders [Ministry of Justice]
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Criminal law on conjugal violence [Arun Soni]
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