Criminal Law

ದಿ ಕ್ರಿಮಿನಲ್ ಪ್ರೊಸಿಜರ್ (ಐಡೆಂಟಿಫಿಕೇಷನ್) ಬಿಲ್; ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಕಣ್ಗಾವಲಿನ ಕರಾಳ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗೆ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಪುಷ್ಠಿ ...
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This article was published in Nyaya Patha (Weekly newsletter of Naanu Gauri) in Kannada.  The DNA Bill is drowning in vagueness, setting out to make a database of our DNA that renders us vulnerable to targeting and must be opposed. The Parliament before every session provides a list of government ...
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[This was a course offered to final year students at National Law School of India, Bangalore.] “The task of a critique of violence can be seen as that of expounding its relation to law and justice” -Walter Benjamin, Reflections The law and literature movement in the west is now well ...
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The State of Karnataka has amended the Goonda Act to bring “habitual offenders” concerning cybercrimes and copyright under the legislation. The Goonda Act is an extremely regressive piece of legislation stemming from the colonial Criminal Tribes Act wherein people were deemed criminal merely because they belonged to a certain social ...
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This piece by Maitreyi Krishnan and Siddharth Narrain was first published in Prajavani. ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾದ ನಂತರ ಒಂದರಂತೆ ನಡೆದ ಲೈಂಗಿಕ ದೌರ್ಜನ್ಯ ಪ್ರಕರಣಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರಿಂದ ತೀವ್ರ ಆಕ್ರೋಶ ವ್ಯಕ್ತವಾದ ನಂತರ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರ, ಗೂಂಡಾ ಕಾಯ್ದೆ ತಿದ್ದುಪಡಿ ಮಸೂದೆಗೆ ವಿಧಾನ ಮಂಡಲದ ಉಭಯ ಸದನಗಳ ಅನುಮೋದನೆ ಪಡೆದುಕೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಆಸಿಡ್ ದಾಳಿ ನಡೆಸುವ ವರು, ಪರಿಸರವನ್ನು ಹಾಳು ಮಾಡುವವರು, ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಅಪರಾಧ ಎಸಗುವವರು, ಕಪ್ಪು ಹಣವನ್ನು ...
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An article by Jiti Nichani and Aarti Mundkur on the Juvenile justice system. (Sarai Reader 2007: Frontiers) Read on Scribd here. All in All, It’s Just Anoth... by altlawforum ...
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The horrific sexual assault on a moving bus in Delhi which has shocked the nation has drawn attention to the prevalence of the crime of sexual assault. What has also emerged into the limelight are the huge gaps in the legal framework which allows for these forms of violent crime ...
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As is now well known, the Government of Orissa and Pohang Steel Company (POSCO), Republic of Korea signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on June 22, 2005 for setting up an Integrated Steel Plant in Orissa, in Jagatsinghpur district, affecting 8 villages of three Gram Panchayats of Kujang Tahsil, i.e ...
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Sedition Laws and the Death of Free Speech in India: A Publication by the Center for the Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, NLSIU & the Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore (2011). This publication looks at the history of sedition laws, legal interpretation of sedition laws by Indian courts, and comparative law ...
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Democracy, Political Dissent, and Repressive Laws: Proceedings of A PUCL-Karnataka Seminar Held on 1 July 2007 in Bangalore. Read on Scribd here. Democracy, Political Dissen... by altlawforum ...
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An Article by B N Jagadeesha on violence against Dalit women in Vijay Times. Read on Scribd here. Terror Has No Boundaries. by altlawforum ...
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Draft letter template to the PM urging him to consider the impact of the amendment on access to drugs. We urge you to send this letter to the Prime Minister. Read on Scribd here. Draft Letter to the PM by altlawforum ...
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Paper by Arvind Narrain critiquing the Juvenile Justice Act 2002The Juvenile Justice Act 2002 – A CritiqueTable of Contents A. Introduction 2-4 B. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000: A 4-7 Critical look C. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000, 7-12 Criminological considerations 1) The various ...
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