Criminal justice system and jury trials in India

Kansal, Shubhangi and K, Madhumitha (2022) Criminal justice system and jury trials in India. InternationalJournal of Law Management & Humanities, 5 (2). 1542 -1547. ISSN 25815369

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Abstract

Indian investigation is woefully tatty, and even the most basic inquiries are frequently mishandled. Crime scenes are seldom protected, and the investigators are clueless on how to obtain evidence. The condition turns worse when it comes to the safety of women. The government is trying to reduce the incidents of rape. The maximum punishment for rape is also raised from life imprisonment to death penalty. Even so, the statistics of cases refuse to stoop down. The paper attempts to explore this area of crime and tries to look into the most neglected component in our judicial system, "the jury." At the moment, the only surviving jury is in the Parsi matrimonial court. Most states, including Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, have moved on from the system. The question is why? The article aims to address precisely that

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Law and Legal Studies
JGU School/Centre: Jindal Global Law School
Depositing User: Amees Mohammad
Date Deposited: 28 Jun 2022 06:05
Last Modified: 01 Jul 2022 00:53
Official URL: https://doij.org/10.10000/IJLMH.112978
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/3539

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