Library:Tata Institute of Social Sciences,Guwahati

  In these times of suffering brought on by the pandemic, it is imperative for the Indian judiciary and the state to ensure the right to lif...

  Christophe Jaffrelot, Maulik Saini write: This is a clear indication of the communalisation of the police that tends to prevail, irrespect...

Ripe for prison reform Political will is crucial to reform India’s criminal justice system In an acknowledgment that the more than a...

Gross misuse: on States using 'Goondas Act' The Supreme Court’s caution against use of ‘Goondas Act’ for arbitrary detention...

Reform Prisons   Reduce incarceration periods for undertrials who have not been convicted The Law Commiss...

Sex offender registries don’t work They have failed to reduce sex crimes in countries where they exist, and have resulted in severe h...

Two-thirds of prisoners in India are undertrials’ The ‘Prison Statistics India 2015’ report was released by the National Crime Records B...

Preventing death in custody While the liberty of a person in custody can be curtailed according to ‘procedures established by law’, it...

Custodial torture: It’s a shame that so much that is shameful thrives Can one be proud to be an Indian and ashamed to be an Indian? O...

Cybercrime up 2,400 times in 10 yrs Vishwa Mohan New Delhi:   41% More Cyber Thugs Held In 2015 With the in...

Fishermen in troubled waters India and Pakistan must immediately revive the Joint Judicial Committee on Prisoners. To be in prison ...