Revisiting Reforms in the Criminal Justice System in India

Revisiting Reforms in the Criminal Justice System in India highlights myriad areas of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) in India requiring imminent reform. It employs doctrinal, empirical and philosophical methods to identify the lacunae inhibiting the effective functioning of the CJS and proposes solutions to meaningfully address them. is book intends to assist policymakers, legal thinkers, academics, and practitioners in comprehensively understanding the workings of the system from a reformative lens to ultimately realize the goals of the CJS. It will be equally beneficial to law students and researchers who intend to understand criminal law as it ‘ought to be’ and not just ‘as it is’. The book emphasizes that the study of criminal law is not merely the theoretical application of legal rules but, more importantly, an examination of the impact of such laws at the ground level. Various contemporary issues discussed in this book will equally aid judges and lawyers in their pursuit of legal research. The collaborative efforts of academia, researchers, lawyers, and civil society in bringing out this work, marked by intellectual acumen and practical experience, will make for a valuable resource and set new standards in the field of research of the CJS