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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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Re-Viewing Review Powers of the Supreme Court [Guest Post] – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

Article 137 allows the Supreme Court (‘SC’) to review its own judgements. This review power is subject to, in the absence of parliamentary...

Connecting the Dots [Guest Post] – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

This is the third essay in the Programming Democracy series. The first examined how Assam’s 2023 delimitation exercise restructured electoral geography through gerrymandering...

The Stakes in Chatrie v. United States [Guest Post] – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

On January 16, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) agreed to review the constitutionality of geofence warrants in Chatrie v....

Course Correction on Delays and Bail under the UAPA? – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

On 18.05.2026, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court handed down its verdict in Syed Iftikhar Andrabi . The bail application was allowed, which if...

On the Delhi High Court Judgment Upholding the Telegram Ban [Guest Post] – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

The Delhi High Court’s judgment in Telegram FZ LLC v Union of India (W.P.(C) 8259/2026), delivered by Justice Tejas Karia on 19 June...

How Far Can My Lord Bend The BNSS – Part I – The Criminal Law Blog

-Mayank Khichar “Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.”- Blaise Pascal This article examines one of the...

Lessons from Abhigyan and Airport CCTV [Guest Post] – Constitutional Law and Philosophy

In June 2026, two developments in quick succession illustrated the expanding reach of state surveillance. On 19 June, Home Minister Amit Shah launched...

Evaluating the Judicial Interpretation of Section 102(3) of Cr.P.C  – The Criminal Law Blog

~By Mansi Pandey Introduction Section 102 of the Criminal Procedure Code (hereinafter referred to as ‘Cr.P.C.’ or the ‘code’), deals with the power of the police...

A Swift and Just Sword – The Criminal Law Blog

–Arnav Kaman & Gauri Sidana Introduction Before the start of the Paris AI summit, President Macron shared a video with deepfake AI generated versions of...

Menstrual Management Behind the Bars – The Criminal Law Blog

–Ms. Lovleen Sharrma & Sakshi Komal Dubey Introduction As per the Prison Statistics India Report, 2021 the figure of prison inmates in women’s jails adds...

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...

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...