Tag: Code of Criminal Procedure

Consent not necessary

There have been amendments in the Act to make it stronger and give teeth to it. There is also a provision in the Act for prosecuting offenders in the court of criminal jurisdiction.

May 23, 2019

DNA and the Indian system

The admissibility of DNA evidence in courts remains a grey area, writes Ashok Bhan.

June 7, 2018

Justice denied to undertrials

“Right to speedy trial is a part of the fundamental right and an undertrial cannot be kept in jail for long”, ruled the Supreme Court (SC) recently while directing trial courts to decide bail applications within a week of their filing. A bench headed by Justice AK Goel also fixed a two-week time-frame for all …

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April 19, 2017