POCSO as a Gender-Neutral Law: Protection of Girls, Boys and Transgender or Gender-Diverse Children
POCSO as a Gender-Neutral Law: Protection of Girls, Boys and Transgender or Gender-Diverse Children Introduction The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (“POCSO Act”) was enacted to provide a specialised legal framework for protecting children from sexual assault, sexual harassment and exploitation. Its significance lies not merely in prescribing punishments, but in recognising […]
Missing CCTV Footage in Police Custody: Legal Remedies, Evidence and Adverse Inference in India
INTRODUCTION What happens when CCTV footage from a police station is missing, deleted, overwritten, or allegedly unavailable? The issue is critical in custodial violence litigation because police authorities exercise exclusive physical dominance over the detainee’s environment and retain custody of the electronic surveillance equipment. In Paramvir Singh Saini v. Baljit Singh & Ors. (2021) 1 […]
White-Collar Crime Enforcement in India: BNS, PMLA Bail Law, and SEBI’s 2025–26 Crackdown By Harsh Raj
What Is White-Collar Crime Under Indian Law? India does not have a single consolidated statute for white-collar crime. Enforcement instead runs through general criminal law, a handful of special statutes, and sector-specific regulators — and, as of 2026, all three are moving at once. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (“BNS”) replaced the Indian Penal Code, […]
Can an Accused Demand the Prosecution’s AI Tools?
Can an Accused Demand the Prosecution’s AI Tools? By Rajnandini Verma Abstract Artificial intelligence is changing the way information can be examined during a criminal investigation. A system can sort large amounts of digital material, identify patterns or assist investigators in locating relevant information within a huge dataset. But when such technology becomes part of […]
Consumer Protection in Cross-Border E-Commerce: Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Platform Accountability
Consumer Protection in Cross-Border E-Commerce: Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Platform Accountability Abstract The rapid expansion of electronic commerce across borders has brought about a sea change in the functioning of the international consumer markets through the use of the internet. The average consumer is now able to make purchases and acquisitions from the international marketplace […]
Consumer Protection in Cross-Border E-Commerce: Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Platform Accountability
Consumer Protection in Cross-Border E-Commerce: Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Platform Accountability Abstract The rapid expansion of electronic commerce across borders has brought about a sea change in the functioning of the international consumer markets through the use of the internet. The average consumer is now able to make purchases and acquisitions from the international marketplace […]
HUNGER STRIKES AND FASTS UNTO DEATH: AUTONOMY, STATE INTERVENTION AND MEDICAL ETHICS
AN ANALYSIS OF HOW OUR GOVERNMENT, JUDICIARY AND MEDICAL SYSTEM WORKS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE THREAT TO A PERSON’S LIFE DUE TO HUNGER STRIKES AND FASTS WHILE DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY OR CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM. ABSTRACT : Imagine a person locking themselves in a room and refusing to eat food or drink water until […]
Sedition’s Replacement under Section 152 BNS and Its Implications for Protest Speech
ABSTRACT With the introduction of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, India replaced the colonial-era Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860. One of the most debated changes was the removal of the offence of sedition under Section 124A of the IPC. In its place, the legislature introduced Section 152 of the BNS, which makes it an […]
Legislative Research and Policy Analysis of the Income-tax Bill, 2025: Simplification, Certainty, and the Future of India’s Direct Tax Regime
Legislative Research and Policy Analysis of the Income-tax Bill, 2025: Simplification, Certainty, and the Future of India’s Direct Tax Regime Introduction & Background The role of tax laws is unique in a constitutionally framed democratic society. Tax laws serve not only as a means to raise revenues, but also as instruments of economic policy-making and […]
Plea Bargaining Under Chapter XXIII BNSS: Eligible Offences, Mutual Satisfactory Disposition, and Finality of Judgment Explained
ABSTRACT This paper examines Chapter XXIII of BNSS 2023, specifically sections 289–300, which restructures the plea bargaining framework which was first introduced into the CrPC by the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2005. It traces the doctrine’s evolution from judicial hostility in cases like the State of U.P. v. Chandrika to its eventual statutory recognition, and […]