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Section 66A and Other Legal Zombies
We find that an unconstitutional provision, Section 66-A of the Information Technology Act 2000, continues to be used by police departments across India in prosecutions. This... -
Constitution Benches of the Supreme Court of India (2011-21)
This dataset contains information on the Constitution Bench judgements passed by the Supreme Court of India, between 2011 and 2021. It seeks to capture the following... -
Implementation of the POCSO Act - Study of Cases of Special Courts in Delhi &...
On 14 November 2012, Government of India enacted a long awaited special law to ensure justice to children who are victims of sexual violence and abuse, called the Protection of... -
#Data4Justice - Unpacking Judicial Data to Track Implementation of the POCSO ...
The research undertaken for this report covers cases of sexual offences against children which have been registered in the Case Information System (CIS) of the district courts... -
Justice Under Trial: A Study Of Pre-Trial Detention In India
To assess the effectiveness of various legal safeguards to prevent excessive undertrial detention, between 2014 and 2016, Amnesty International India filed nearly 3,000 Right to... -
A report on Foreigners in Indian Prisons - Stangers to Justice
Strangers to Justice is an outcome of CHRI’s experience of working on issues of detention and repatriation of foreign nationals in Indian prisons for nearly ten years. CHRI... -
Status Report on Legal Aid for persons in Custody - Hope Behind Bars
The report is divided into two Volumes. Volume I looks at legal aid delivery across the country thematically. It looks at implementation of legal aid regulations and schemes... -
Watch Report on Rajasthan's Periodic Review Committees 2011 - 2018
In Rajasthan, Periodic Review Committees (PRCs) or Avadhik Samiksha Samitis are one of the prison oversight bodies which keeps a vigil on illegal and... -
A study on prison monitoring in India
The report evidences state wise status of prison monitoring based on the performance of certain indicators which is evaluated against the statutory mandate in that state.... -
Responding to the Pandemic: Prisons and Overcrowding
This report documents and examines the process of de congestion of prisons across India by assessing the functioning of High Powered Committees (HPC), Undertrial Review... -
Contract Enforcement Litigation - NIPFP
The data is collected from cases under 5 different acts - Transfer of Property Act, Specific Relief, Negotiable Instruments, Arbitration and Conciliation, Contracts Act. These... -
Examining the Role of Judicial Capacity and Bankruptcy Reforms
Can well-functioning courts facilitate the enforcement of creditor rights? How does this affect credit allocation? To study this, I use a difference in difference research... -
Enforcement and the Organization of Production
The strength of contract enforcement determines how firms source inputs and organize production. Using microdata on Indian manufacturing plants, we show that production and... -
Courts Redux: Micro-evidence From India
Courts play a central role in enforcing contracts and property rights, which supports the development of the formal financial sector, investment, and economic growth. Long lags... -
Media Ownership Monitor - India
Mass media influence the way facts are viewed and debated in the society. Independence and pluralism in media, public opinion and views— including criticism of people in power—... -
Lost Identity: Transgender Persons in Indian Prisons
This report sheds light on issues faced by Transgender persons confined in Indian prisons. Through an analysis of the international and domestic legal frameworks, and the... -
Inside Haryana Prisons
This report was commissioned by HALSA and assigned to CHRI in compliance with an order passed by the Supreme Court in Re: Inhuman Conditions in 1382 Prisons... -
The First Information Report Dataset from years 2015-2019
Can gender-based “enclaves” facilitate women’s access to justice? I examine all-female police stations in India and test whether group-specific institutions assist victims of... -
Transgender Persons in Indian Prisons
This report sheds light on issues faced by Transgender persons confined in Indian prisons. Through an analysis of the international and domestic legal frameworks, and the... -
Right to Information Act: A Study into the Workload of CIO's
In order to examine an argument about the undue burden of RTI on an already overworked bureaucracy, a review of publicly reported statistics about RTI applications and first...