Supreme court’s reference of Simone Weil on Honour killings
The supreme court quoted simone weil, while advocating the human rights of people. The court had this occasion, when an organisation ‘Shakti Vahini filed a writ petition under Article 32…
Full Text of Supreme Court’s Guidelines on Honour Killings
The supreme court got the chance to lay down guidelines to curb the evil of Honour Killings in a case, when an organisation ‘Shakti Vahini v. Union of India, (2018)’…
Law Commission Report for alternative legal framework to curb Honour Killings
The concept of honour with which we are concerned has many facets. Sometimes, a young man can become the victim of honour killing or receive violent treatment at the hands…
Meaning of Anticipatory Bail and Supreme Court’s Latest Directions on it
Meaning of Anticipatory bail Anticipatory bail has not been defined in the Criminal Procedure Code. As observed by Supreme Court in the case of Balchand Jain v. State of M.P.…
Brain Electrical Activation Profile (BEAP) test- Origin, Procedure and Admissibility in Law
The `Brain Electrical Activation Profile test’, also known as the `P300 Waves test‘. It is a process of detecting whether an individual is familiar with certain information by way of…
Polygraph Examination- Origin, Procedure, and Admissibility in Law
Origin of polygraph examination The origins of polygraph examination have been traced back to the efforts of Lombroso, a criminologist who experimented with a machine that measured blood pressure and…
Narcoanalysis technique- Origin, Procedure and Admissibility in Law
Narcoanalysis technique is the test which involves the intravenous administration of a drug that causes the subject to enter into a hypnotic trance and become less inhibited. The drug-induced hypnotic…
Selvi v. State of Karnataka (2010)- Admissibility of Lie Detector Tests
Selvi v. State of Karnataka, (2010) is a landmark case on the issue of narco test, where the court considered this conflict of desirability of efficient investigation and the preservation…
Self-incrimination under Article 20(3) and its Admissibility
Answers that would in themselves support a conviction are confessions but answers which have a reasonable tendency strongly to point out to the guilt of the accused are incriminatory.
Does ‘Right against self-incrimination’ also extend to investigation stage or just available on trial stage?
Article 20(3) of the Constitution gives the protection against self-incrimination. (we have discussed this right in detail HERE, and, in present article, we will discuss its another aspect). But, the…