A group of prominent defense lawyers across the country have joined an effort to fix what they see as a fundamental imbalance ...

An 87-year-old pensioner with dementia and living in a care home has been handed a criminal conviction over £43 of unpaid car tax, in the latest shocking case to emerge from the controversial Single ...

According to the presidency's statement, the draft Criminal Procedure Law was received from the House of Representatives on 26 August 2025, with a request for its promulgation. Since then, numerous ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that with the introduction of the three new criminal laws, India's system is driven by justice rather than punishment. They ensure easy and timely access ...

Changes to the Criminal Procedure Rules came into force on Monday 6 October. Amongst other changes, the new rules state that parties applying for discretionary reporting restriction orders in criminal ...

In India, every individual has the constitutional right to approach courts for justice. While most people engage advocates to represent them, there are many who choose to fight their own cases without ...

The DOMAC research project seeks to assess the impact of international court procedures on domestic procedures for putting to trial the perpetrators of mass atrocities The context for the project is ...

In a rare reversal, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi returned a draft law on criminal investigation and trial process to the House of Representatives on Sunday after criticism that pursued the bill from ...

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 2: Kuwait’s Minister of Justice Nasser Al-Sumait has issued a decision to form a committee to review and develop the Criminal Procedures and Trials Law, part of a plan to modernize ...

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...

Sat Aug 16, 2025 12:00 AM Last update on: Sat Aug 16, 2025 12:16 AM BLAST welcomes the promulgation of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance, and the safeguards introduced into the law ...

CAPE TOWN - Western Cape High Court Judge Nathan Erasmus has cautioned that section 204 of the Criminal Procedure Act, which allows witnesses to avoid prosecution in exchange for truthful testimony, ...