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The Kerala High Court refused to confirm the trial court's death sentence on finding that the crime could not be categorized as being a "rarest of rare" case, and in view of the rehabilitation prospects of the convict.

Project 39A is pleased to introduce its second internship policy, under which they seek to accept interns on a rolling basis from March 2024 to March 2025.Name of the Post: Intern Remuneration:...

Bulky records and multiple supplementary chargesheets filed by the prosecution during bail cases make hearings quite lengthy, Senior Advocate Rebecca John said on Friday.

The former judge also said that district courts many times refrain from granting bail in criminal cases as they are under constant pressure due to the supervisory jurisdiction of High Courts.

NLU Delhi Project 39A - Fair Trial Fellowship is organizing a anel discussion on India’s bail system, it’s faultless and the ways forward. The topic for the panel discussion is ‘Untangling Bail...

The Supreme Court ordered the immediate release of Irfan from the Bareilly Central Prison, who was earlier on death row. He was accused of burning the deceased to death after they allegedly opposed his second marriage.

Of 3,211 sanctioned posts at 26 labs, 40% were vacant. Of 1,294 vacant posts, more than two in three were scientific posts, says Project 39 A’s Forensic Science India Report.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Project 39A of National Law University-Delhi to intervene in a PIL seeking to abolish the present practice of executing a death row convict by hanging and to...

This is the first time that the Kerala HC has ordered a mitigation investigation, pointing out that the court must ascertain all circumstances of the crime before confirming death penalty.

In a departure from the usual practice, the Court in the two cases ordered the commencement of mitigation studies even before the hearing of the convicts' appeals had begun.