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Victim Assistance in India: Broadening the Scope of Victim Reparations in the Criminal Justice System

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-By Tanisha Prashant Introduction The justice system does not provide any succor to the victims of crime. The concept of fair trial and justice embodies in itself a triangulation of rights and interests of the accused, the victim and the society. Under an adversarial system, the rights of the community and the accused are exhaustively … Continue reading Victim Assistance in India: Broadening the Scope of Victim Reparations in the Criminal Justice System

‘Retrospective’ Victim Compensation? Evaluating The Kerala HC’s Dworkinian Judging

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-By Abhijeet Shrivastava Background This post concerns Bechu Kurian Thomas, J.’s recent judgment as a part of the Kerala High Court’s (“HC”) Single Bench in District Collector v. District Legal Service Authority (22.12.2020). The decision involved a temporal question over the scope of the provisions of Section 357A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 … Continue reading ‘Retrospective’ Victim Compensation? Evaluating The Kerala HC’s Dworkinian Judging