Title: Arrest, detention, and criminal justice system : a study in the context of the Constitution of India /
Authors: Uma Devi, B.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of India.; Arrest India.; Constitutional law India
Abstract: Fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution of India protect Indian citizens against the misuse of powers by the state. However, to maintain law and order, the state often disregards this and commits human right violations. Examining the criminal justice system in India, this book focuses interpretations by the Supreme Court of India.
Contents: Part I Articles 19, 21, and 22 of the Constitution and Criminal Justice System -- 1 A Paradigm Shift in the Connotation of Article 21 -- 2 Shifting Trends in Approach to the Fundamental Rights: Impact of Reading Articles 19 and 21 together -- 3 Constitutionality of Detention Per Se: Effect of reading Articles 19, 21, and 22 together on 'Criminal Justice System' -- Part II Arrest and Pre-trial Detention -- 4 Arrest Powers of the State -- 5 Procedural Safeguards in Cases of Arrest and Detention -- 6 Constitutional Parameters of Detention Pending Investigation and Trial: A Study in the Light of the 'Composite Code" approach -- 7 Bail and Remand -- Part III Preventive Detention -- 8 Constitutionality of Preventive Detention -- 9 Procedural Safeguards in Preventive Detention Cases -- 10 Constitutionality of Detention as a Punitive Measure under Chapter VIII of the CrPC, 1973: A Critique -- Part IV Punitive Detention -- 11. Rationale and Efficacy of Detention as a Punitive Measure -- 12 Constitutionality of Detention as a Punitive Measure -- 13 Scientifically Efficient Methods of Dealing with Crime and Criminality: A Study in the Constitutional Perspective.