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Victims and Bail — The Judgment in Jagjeet Singh v. Ashish Mishra? – The Criminal Law Blog

By Abhinav Sekhri In a much-publicised judgment, the Supreme Court set aside the order granting bail to the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident...

Of Strict Liability and The Indian Judiciary’s Take – The Criminal Law Blog

By: Kajal Jamdare Introduction The recent flux of headlines about celebrities and star kids being found in possession of drugs prohibited by law has brought...

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 Addressing Financial Non-Regulation within Social Media Platforms – The Criminal Law Blog

-Tanya Sara George Introduction As per a 2024 FATF report, most domestic money laundering operations are conducted through open sources and social media networks. Initially...

8 years since “Arnesh Kumar Guidelines” what has changed ? – The Criminal Law Blog

– Prakhar Bajpai Arnesh Kumar serves to be the landmark judgement in the judicial history of India. The Supreme Court in this judgment...

A Critique of the Kenyan Court of Appeal’s CDF Decision – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

For the last decade, the Kenyan courts have been grappling with the constitutionality of “constituency development funds” : that is, funds earmarked from...

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A Critique of the Kenyan Court of Appeal’s CDF Decision – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

For the last decade, the Kenyan courts have been grappling with the constitutionality of “constituency development funds” : that is, funds earmarked from...

REAFFIRMING THE LIBERAL BAIL JURISPRUDENCE – The Criminal Law Blog

-Mohamed Thahir Sulaiman                                                                                                 INTRODUCTION In its recent judgment in Jalaluddin Khan v. Union of India, the Supreme Court has reemphasized the well-established principle that “bail...

Legal Moralism and the Case for Decriminalising Abortion in India – The Criminal Law Blog

~By Niveditha K Prasad Introduction The recently introduced Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNS’) has been touted for introducing wide-scale changes in the penal statute. Disappointingly, the Bill,...

The legality and constitutionality of the SIR – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

The previous post (here) discussed the Supreme Court’s flawed approach when hearing the legal challenge to the Special Intensive Revision (‘SIR’). This post...

How Imran Pratapgadhi Reconfigures the Understanding of FIR Jurisprudence – The Criminal Law Blog

– Kush Taparia, Hanshita Sharma “The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.” – Justice...

An Analysis – The Criminal Law Blog

~By Paras Khetan The right to counsel of an accused has been constitutionally guaranteed under Article 22 of the Constitution of India. This right is available...

Protecting Online Speech and Delegated Proportionality in the Kenyan Court of Appeal’s BAKE judgment – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

The judgment of the Kenyan Court of Appeal in Bloggers Association (BAKE) of Kenya vs Attorney General, delivered on March 6, represents an...

Inherited Guilt? Criminal Liability of Acquiring Companies for Pre-Merger Wrongs Under Indian Law – The Criminal Law Blog

-Arham Anwar When one company absorbs another through a merger or amalgamation, the acquiring entity inherits a great deal of assets, contracts, employees, and...

Digital structural authoritarianism – India’s IT Rules 2021 Draft Amendment – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

Introduction On March 30, 2026, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MeitY”) released the Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics...

Can the Supreme Court “ban” a person? – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

Editor’s Note: This blog post is based on the oral order, handed down by the Supreme Court, during proceedings on 11th March, 2026....

From Untrustworthy to Trustworthy? The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam’s Mandatory Corroboration of Accomplice Evidence – The Criminal Law Blog

– Yushmita Sidar. Introduction “When the only proof against a person charged with a criminal offence is the evidence of an accomplice, uncorroborated in any...