United Nations A/HRC/31/NGO/X General Assembly Distr.: General XX February 2016 English only Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, […]
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INDIA: Woeful implementation of welfare schemes responsible for high malnutrition among children
United Nations A/HRC/31/NGO/X General Assembly Distr.: General 15 February 2016 English only Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, […]
Public prosecution in India
Dr K N Chandrasekharan Pillai, Director, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi In organized societies, there is a public prosecution system to prosecute offenders who violate societal norms. The system in […]
India 2008: Expectation, promise and performance
Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong Evaluating the human rights record of a country like India, with its varied culture, population and diverse demography is a challenging task. A thorough […]
Subversion of fair trial in India: A critique of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2006
Salar M Khan, Advocate, Delhi, India The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2006 (the Bill), is pending before the parliament of India. The stated object of the bill is […]
5. Ten case studies of judicial delay in Delhi
1. State versus Durga Burman This case pertained to the alleged seizure of cannabis. The accused was poor and could not engage a private lawyer to defend himself so the […]
4. Judicial delays to criminal trials in Delhi
Judicial delay to criminal trials in the courts of Delhi is endemic. It does not need any empirical data to prove. The objective of the present study is to understand […]
3. An overview of criminal justice administration in Delhi
Delhi is the national capital and second most populous metropolitan city of India. It is a centrally administered union territory. However, in 1991, it was given its own legislative assembly […]
2. Analysis of the legal position in India on speedy trial versus judicial delay
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (the CrPC) is the procedural law providing for machinery for punishment of offenders under the substantive criminal law. The substantive criminal law may be […]
1.The process of criminal trial in India
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (the CrPC) is the procedural law providing the machinery for punishment of offenders under the substantive criminal law, be it the Indian Penal Code, […]