Law Commision Report onWrongful Prosecution

  • Recently, Law Commission of India (LCI) submitted its report titled “Wrongful Prosecution(Miscarriage of Justice): Legal Remedies”.
  • According to National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) annual Prison Statistics India (PSI) report 2015, there were more than 4.19 lakh prisoners across India out of which 67.2% were undertrials (i.e. people who have been committed to judicial custody pending investigations or trial).
  • Currently three categories of court-based remedies with respect to miscarriage of justice are available to a victim:
  • Public law remedy: it is treated as a violation of fundamental rights under Article 21 (the right to life and liberty) and Article 22 (protection against arbitrary arrests ....
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