Beyond a Name Change: How India's New Criminal Laws Redefine Crime and Justice
Background For decades, India’s criminal laws, particularly the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and the Indian Evidence Act…
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Section 173 BNSS Explained: Your Rights When Reporting a Crime
Introduction In all these years of my legal practice, there were a quite a few occasions when a client came to me, confident and arrogantly tells me that the…
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FIR Registration Made Simple: A Comprehensive FAQ Guide
A First Information Report (FIR) is a written document prepared by police when they receive information about the commission of a cognizable offence, serving…
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All You Need to Know About Zero FIR: A Crucial Tool for Victims of Crime (PART-2 of 2)
Continued From PART-1 Legislative Authority: Section 173 BNSS v Section 154 CrPC Section 173 (Information in cognizable cases.) of the BNSS governs the regis…
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All You Need to Know About Zero FIR: A Crucial Tool for Victims of Crime (PART 1 of 2)
Introduction India is a fast-growing nation, both economically and population wise, with limitless potential and aspirations which cannot be assumed. Whi…
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Impact Of Settlement On A Case Under Section 138 Of Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
A general perspective amongst the public is that a legal dispute in India, no matter how small it is, takes an obnoxiously long time to conclude and becaus…
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Understanding Section 479 BNSS: Impact on Undertrial Prisoner Rights, Prison Reform and Overcrowding in Indian Prisons
Introduction Often, I come across clients that are inquisitive not just about the present state of their case but also as to what can happen in fut…
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Chapter XII (Sec 168-172) BNSS: How Police Measures Prevent Crime Before It Happens
For a nation to have the opportunity to boast about its criminal justice system and effective judicial mechanisms in place, the primary requirement is to hav…
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Perspective Dive: State of Undertrial Prisoners in India
One of the few perks of being empanelled by Delhi State Legal Services Authority are the duties and extra judicial tasks that are assigned to an empanelled a…
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Legal Hide-and-Seek: The Role of Proclamations in Criminal Trial
Any person who visits the court does it with the intent of finding a resolution to his problem or a settlement to his dispute. It is anything but natural for…
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From Maintenance Orders to It's Enforcement: A Guide to Matrimonial Maintenance Provisions in BNSS
Matrimonial Disputes are nothing new in our society and if we observe the current trends, almost 1/3 rd households have some or the other form of matrimonial …
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From Loss to Recovery: BNSS Victim Compensation Unveiled
When a crime is committed against a person, it is not only the person against whom it is committed who gets affected, rather it affects all people in the soc…
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Default Bail Explained: Your Rights and Options
Over the ten-year period of my litigation practice in courts of Delhi NCR, one thing that I have noticed is that any person who does not have enough resour…
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Securing Witnesses: A Deep Dive into BNSS Section 398’s Witness Protection Scheme
In our justice system, the whole process of delivering justice depends on some factors that are crucial to the case but at the same time are so independent…
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Conditions Apply: What You Need to Know About Anticipatory Bail
With our country heading towards a journey of introducing new and much more stringent laws for its citizens, a real challenge that looks in the eyes of the…
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Habeas Corpus Lite: Understanding Section 100 BNSS
Ever wondered what would happen if one day the police knock at your door and just picks up someone you know without telling you why and for what reasons they…
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Perspective Dive: Community Service as an Alternative Punishment in India
Community service, is defined in Section 23 of The Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) as “ the work which the court may order a convict to perform as…
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BNSS Medical Examination: Ensuring Justice for Accused and Victims
For any offence to be proved or disproved there has to be substantiating pieces of evidence supporting or rejecting the offence charged and as we know not al…
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Protest Petition: Seeking Justice Beyond the Police Report
Up until now what we have learned through various blogs and articles is how each and every provision of The Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) works in o…
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Old Meets New: A Comprehensive Guide to Investigation Procedures Under Section 176 BNSS
The Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) brought with itself some welcome changes to the Code of Criminal procedure wherein measures were taken to ensure…
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