Extending Privileged Communication to Live-in Partners: Protecting Mutual Trust

By: Saumya Shankar & Pratik Rath Section 122 of The Indian Evidence Act states that spouses shall not be allowed to reveal any communication between them, except with the consent of the other. The bar is not just limited to communications of a confidential character rather, the provision is applicable to all communications between the …

Victims and Bail — The Judgment in Jagjeet Singh v. Ashish Mishra?

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 from October 2021 [Jagjeet Singh & Ors. v. Ashish Mishra & Anr., Crl. Appeal 632 of 2022 (decided on 18.04.2022) ("Ashish Mishra")]. At the outset, it would be necessary to clarify that the court …

Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022: A Necessary Evil?

By Nishant Kumar INTRODUCTION The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 got the approval of the President on April 18, 2022. The bill replaces The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 which allows the collection of identifiable information like fingerprints, footprints from the convicts. The primary motive cited behind the introduction of the bill is to increase …

Plea Bargaining: A Comparison Between USA And India

By: Aditi Roy & Sanjana Gupta I.         Introduction Indian courts are bludgeoned under the growing number of criminal cases. The chronic delay in disposing of the cases has led to prisons filled with prisoners who are incarcerated without undergoing a trial. It was in response to this dismal status quo of the justice system that …