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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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Digital rule, colonial echo – India’s IT Rules 2021 amendments – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

Introduction  The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology recently released draft amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules,...

The Constitution Trilogy – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

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Legal Analysis and Recent Judicial Developments – The Criminal Law Blog

                                            -By Gurman Narula “Economic offences, need to be viewed seriously and considered as grave offences affecting the economy of the country and...

ELIMINATING FOOD AS A MEANS OF PUNISHMENT [Part I] – The Criminal Law Blog

~By Jugaad Singh “No one can understand the reality of the prison experience until they’ve actually walked in the shoes of those who are...

The proposed 131st amendment – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

Parliament is set to debate the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026. According to the Government, the purpose of the Bill...

On Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma’s Refusal to Recuse in the Arvind Kejriwal Case – III – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

In the recent case of Arvind Kejriwal’s plea for recusal, Justice Sharma uses the ‘real danger’ test to deny judicial disqualification (¶ 186)....

The Many Afterlives of Najeeb – The Supreme Court’s Reference on Delay as a Ground for Bail under the UAPA – Constitutional Law and...

This year, and more particularly the last few weeks, have been important for understanding the Supreme Court’s bail jurisprudence under the Unlawful Activities...

Notes on the Sabarimala Review Hearings – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

Hearings in the Sabarimala review case are ongoing. Readers will recall that a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court had declared that barring the entry...

Money Laundering & Insider Deals in the Metaverse’s Legal Void – The Criminal Law Blog

-Advait Sharma and Bhadra Anil “In a world coded without consequence, shadows become the currency and silence the law.”  Introduction In any society where substantial transactions...

Delimitation in Assam [Guest Post] – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

Introduction In the 2026 Assam Assembly elections, the BJP won 82 seats, while its allies, the Bodo Peoples Front and the Asom Gana Parishad,...