Tag: fair trial
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The One-sidedness of Disclosure & Discharge hearings in India
India’s discharge hearing—meant to filter out baseless prosecutions—is structurally one-sided. Courts rely solely on what the prosecution presents, while exculpatory material stays hidden. This…
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Role of Judge in a Criminal Trial
A judgment of seminal important on the role of a judge in a criminal trial, the breadth of the 165/311 inquisitorial aspects of court’s…