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Criminal Law Alternative Law Forum Campaigns Criminal Law Criminal Law Types of Publications Advocacy Fact Finding Report In the Press Pedagogy Published by ALF August 5, 2024 Advocacy Decoding the New Criminal Laws: A Social Justice Perspective – Transcript of Discussion July 18, 2024 This is a transcript of the discussion on the Decoding the New Criminal Laws: A Social Justice Perspective. It is a lightly edited transcript for purposes of readability. MK refers to Maitreyi Krishnan and MS refers to Mrinal Satish, our two speakers. This discussion was moderated by Manavi ... April 11, 2022 Advocacy In the Press ದಿ ಕ್ರಿಮಿನಲ್ ಪ್ರೊಸಿಜರ್ (ಐಡೆಂಟಿಫಿಕೇಷನ್) ಬಿಲ್; ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಕಣ್ಗಾವಲಿನ ಕರಾಳ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗೆ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಪುಷ್ಠಿ ದಿ ಕ್ರಿಮಿನಲ್ ಪ್ರೊಸಿಜರ್ (ಐಡೆಂಟಿಫಿಕೇಷನ್) ಬಿಲ್; ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಕಣ್ಗಾವಲಿನ ಕರಾಳ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗೆ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಪುಷ್ಠಿ ... September 10, 2021 Advocacy In the Press Why we need to be concerned about the DNA Bill This article was published in Nyaya Patha (Weekly newsletter of Naanu Gauri) in Kannada.  The DNA Bill is drowning in vagueness, setting out to make a database of our DNA that renders us vulnerable to targeting and must be opposed. The Parliament before every session provides a list of government ... June 10, 2016 Pedagogy In a Field of Pain and Death: Course on Law, Literature and Violence [This was a course offered to final year students at National Law School of India, Bangalore.] “The task of a critique of violence can be seen as that of expounding its relation to law and justice” -Walter Benjamin, Reflections The law and literature movement in the west is now well ... June 11, 2015 Advocacy Karnataka Amendments to Goonda Act The State of Karnataka has amended the Goonda Act to bring “habitual offenders” concerning cybercrimes and copyright under the legislation. The Goonda Act is an extremely regressive piece of legislation stemming from the colonial Criminal Tribes Act wherein people were deemed criminal merely because they belonged to a certain social ... August 19, 2014 Advocacy In the Press ಕಾನೂನಿನ ಗೂಂಡಾಗಿರಿ, or Goondagiri of the Law (Kannada and English) This piece by Maitreyi Krishnan and Siddharth Narrain was first published in Prajavani. ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾದ ನಂತರ ಒಂದರಂತೆ ನಡೆದ ಲೈಂಗಿಕ ದೌರ್ಜನ್ಯ ಪ್ರಕರಣಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರಿಂದ ತೀವ್ರ ಆಕ್ರೋಶ ವ್ಯಕ್ತವಾದ ನಂತರ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರ, ಗೂಂಡಾ ಕಾಯ್ದೆ ತಿದ್ದುಪಡಿ ಮಸೂದೆಗೆ ವಿಧಾನ ಮಂಡಲದ ಉಭಯ ಸದನಗಳ ಅನುಮೋದನೆ ಪಡೆದುಕೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಆಸಿಡ್ ದಾಳಿ ನಡೆಸುವ ವರು, ಪರಿಸರವನ್ನು ಹಾಳು ಮಾಡುವವರು, ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಅಪರಾಧ ಎಸಗುವವರು, ಕಪ್ಪು ಹಣವನ್ನು ... December 19, 2013 Advocacy All in All, It’s Just Another Hole in the Wall… An article by Jiti Nichani and Aarti Mundkur on the Juvenile justice system. (Sarai Reader 2007: Frontiers) Read on Scribd here. All in All, It’s Just Anoth... by altlawforum ... December 18, 2013 Advocacy Proposed Changes to Law relating to Sexual Assault The horrific sexual assault on a moving bus in Delhi which has shocked the nation has drawn attention to the prevalence of the crime of sexual assault. What has also emerged into the limelight are the huge gaps in the legal framework which allows for these forms of violent crime ... February 22, 2013 Advocacy Fact Finding Report Captive Democracy: A Fact Finding Report On Abuse of the Criminal System to Curb dissent against the POSCO Steel Plant in Odisha As is now well known, the Government of Orissa and Pohang Steel Company (POSCO), Republic of Korea signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on June 22, 2005 for setting up an Integrated Steel Plant in Orissa, in Jagatsinghpur district, affecting 8 villages of three Gram Panchayats of Kujang Tahsil, i.e ... February 22, 2011 Advocacy Published by ALF Sedition Laws & the Death of Free Speech in India Sedition Laws and the Death of Free Speech in India: A Publication by the Center for the Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, NLSIU & the Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore (2011). This publication looks at the history of sedition laws, legal interpretation of sedition laws by Indian courts, and comparative law ... July 2, 2007 Advocacy Democracy, Political Dissent, and Repressive Laws Democracy, Political Dissent, and Repressive Laws: Proceedings of A PUCL-Karnataka Seminar Held on 1 July 2007 in Bangalore. Read on Scribd here. Democracy, Political Dissen... by altlawforum ... January 16, 2006 Advocacy In the Press Terror Has No Boundaries An Article by B N Jagadeesha on violence against Dalit women in Vijay Times. Read on Scribd here. Terror Has No Boundaries. by altlawforum ... March 12, 2003 Advocacy Draft letter to the PM urging him to consider the impact of the amendment on access to drugs Draft letter template to the PM urging him to consider the impact of the amendment on access to drugs. We urge you to send this letter to the Prime Minister. Read on Scribd here. Draft Letter to the PM by altlawforum ... December 19, 2002 Advocacy A Critique of the Juvenile Justice Act 2002 Paper by Arvind Narrain critiquing the Juvenile Justice Act 2002The Juvenile Justice Act 2002 – A CritiqueTable of Contents A. Introduction 2-4 B. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000: A 4-7 Critical look C. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000, 7-12 Criminological considerations 1) The various ... 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