Category: due process
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Arrested, But Why? The Vihaan Kumar Case and the Fight for Transparency in Arrests (Guest Post)
In Vihaan Kumar v. State of Haryana, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that arrest without disclosing reasons violates Article 22(1) of the Constitution. The case…
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ADMISSIBILITY OF ILLEGALLY OBTAINED EVIDENCE VIS-A-VIS RIGHT TO PRIVACY UNDER ARTICLE 21 OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION (GUEST POST)
This is a guest post by the very bright Mr. Ritwik Sharma, Advocate, Delhi. This is in the light of the recent order by…
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Preventive arrest and security proceedings in CrPC (S.107/151 CrPC) and misuse abuse
Context Abuse of the criminal justice machinery is rampant in India. People are often wrongly implicated in criminal cases and deprived of their personal…
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Right of the Victim to be heard in a Revision petition filed by the Accused
Are we still arguing this? Wasn’t this decided already? Well, the answer is Yes AND No. Taking a step back for a moment and…
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Mandatory to supply grounds of arrest (in writing) to an accused in PMLA case
The Supreme Court on 3rd October, 2023 passed a landmark judgment in the case of Pankaj Bansal v. Union of India. The judgment is…
