[This post has been authored by Shivang Tandon, a fourth year student at Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University.] The ‘self-incrimination’ doctrine is an indispensable part of the criminal law jurisprudence of a civilized nation. Article 20(3) of the Indian Constitution and the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States provide protection against…
Category: Evidence
Blockchain Technology as Evidence: Hearsay or Not?
[This post has been authored by Sanah Javed, a fourth year student at the School of Law, Christ University.] Blockchain technology refers to a distributed ledger which helps record the transactions taking place between multiple users over the internet. In a blockchain, there exist multiple blocks of information that rests with the computer base of…
Artificial Intelligence is a Road Map to Transmogrification of Legal Industry
This piece, taking an optimistic view of the use of AI in the legal industry, has been authored by Priyal Agrawal and Laxmi Rathore. They are currently in their 3rd year at the Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS, Mumbai. “In the long term, artificial intelligence and automation are going to be taking over…
Compelled to Speak: The Right to Remain Silent (Part II)
This is the second part of a two-part post by Benjamin Vanlalvena, a final year law student at NALSAR University of Law. In this post, he critiques a recent judgement by the Supreme Court which allowed Magistrates to direct an accused to give voice samples during investigation, without his consent. Part 1 can be found…
Compelled to Speak: The Right to Remain Silent (Part I)
This is the first part of a two-part post by Benjamin Vanlalvena, a final year law student at NALSAR University of Law. In this post, he critiques a recent judgement by the Supreme Court which allowed Magistrates to direct an accused to give voice samples during investigation, without his consent. Part II can be found…
Perils of PUBG Ban in India & the Enemies Ahead
[Ed Note: The following post has been authored by Anirudh Vijay, a fourth year student of B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) at Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. In an engaging read, Vijay talks about how the Gujarat government’s decision to ban popular game PUBG is problematic, and provides recommendations in this regard. Read to…
Admissibility of Secondary Digital Evidence in Courts
[Ed Note: The following is a guest post by Shriram Kashyap, a second year student of NALSAR University of Law.] The sudden influx of computers brought about major changes in the legal framework for regulating technology in India. The Information Technology Act 2000 (hereinafter the ‘IT Act’) was one such change that impacted various fields,…