There has been an issue with the submission portal for the workshop on "Authoritarianism, Law, and the Remaking of Society". Deadline for all submissions - incl new ones - extended to Oct 21. If you've already submitted, pls resubmit your abstract to [email protected]

If you are a mental health professional and would like to strengthen your engagement with criminal justice, do consider applying.

It was great fun having this conversation with Dhanya Rajendran Pooja Prasanna Leena Gita Reghunath Abhinandan Sekhri for the inaugural episode of South Central TheNewsMinute

After 11 years of incarceration and 3 trials, the same court that sentenced Anokhilal to death twice acquitted him with exonerating DNA evidence. Watch @umangpod and Antariksh's report for @bbcindia featuring Shreya Rastogi about Anokhilal's fight. youtu.be/orI8DRAZyD4

With all the deserved celebration around Nitish Kumar Reddy, let’s just hope they treat him better than Karun Nair. Remember him? Converted his maiden ton in his 3rd test into a triple century- only Sobers and Simpson in that club. Just 3 tests for Karun Nair after that.

Sumanasa Foundation and Project 39A, NLU Delhi, in collaboration with the Chennai Photo Biennale, present the launch of the Art in Prison Photography Exhibition. Join us for a series of events in the coming weeks! The exhibition opens on Saturday, 8th February, at the Madras

Former Project 39A colleagues, Adrija Ghosh and Zeba Sikora have been published in Indian Law Review. Their article focuses on the unprincipled nature of capital sentencing that exists in the Supreme Court. Find the abstract here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

So grateful to the Air India staff at RGIA Hyderabad for being so proactive and prompt in finding me to return the tablet I left behind on the flight. Particular thanks to Sharath and Srikanth at the Air India luggage services in Hyd airport.

The extent of police action around comments by Ranveer Allahbadia must worry us. When offending sentiments becomes the basis for criminal action - unjustified intrusion by the state is at our doorstep. No exaggeration to say “it could be you”. Certainly not a Ranveer Allahbadia fan.

The reality is that a lot more people will now look up the Tamil weekly Vikatan’s website and their Modi - Trump cartoon because of the Govt of India banning their website. Classic Streisand Effect.

NLU Delhi was my first job and after nearly 13 yrs, I am moving on. I will be joining NALSAR University of Law. All staff at Project 39A have also moved and we will be setting up the The Square Circle Clinic, NALSAR at NALSAR to continue our crim justice work out of Delhi, Hyd, Pune, and Nagpur.

Events involving Ranveer Allahbadia, Kunal Kamra, the Malayalam film Empuraan — a crash course on the freedom of speech in India.

The death penalty is often imposed on the poorest with barely any meaningful legal representation. Our effort to represent death row prisoners has resulted in 27 acquittals and 51 commutations in the Sup Ct and HCs. Do consider joining us in this work: bit.ly/litconsultant

Ultimately the judicial legacy of a judge must be assessed by what is done in court. The legacy of Justice Sanjiv Khanna is not simple or one-sided - but credit must be given that there was no attempt to create a legacy through continuous commentary outside the courtroom.

Our past work was cited by the Sup Ct, Law Commn, in parl debates, and UN reports. Alongside existing areas, wrongful convictions and science & tech in crim justice will be our focus. Consider applying to our research team - to be part of cutting edge crim justice research.

Judicial education & training is a specialised field and we just haven’t paid it enough attention in India. What we severely lack in those fields, cannot be offset by setting a 3-yr practice rule to become judges. Wrong solution to a very serious problem.

Citizenship determination is an increasingly vexed issue in India - very important work by Parichay NLSIU and Queen Mary University of London being released in Delhi tomorrow (Saturday, 26 July) —