criminal justice

Sex, drugs and a gruesome murder. An edgy one night stand turns into a nightmare for Aditya, when he wakes up with blood on his hands. The evidence is stacked against him, but he doesn't remember the grisly crime. Is he guilty or not ?

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Genre Crime, Thriller, Legal drama
Written by Shridhar Raghavan
Starring Pankaj Tripathi, Vikrant Massey, Jackie Shroff, Anupriya Goenka, Mita Vashisht, Pankaj Saraswat, Rucha Inamdar, Madhurima Roy
Composer Sameer Phaterpekar
Country of origin India
Original language Hindi
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 10
Producers Sameer Nair, Arnav Chakravarti, Deepak Segal, Myleeta Aga
Cinematography Harendra Singh
Editor Abhijit Deshpande, Sourabh Prabhudesai, Raju Nikalje, Robin Sharma
Running time 41-60 minutes
Production company BBC Studios India, Applause Entertainment
Network Hotstar
Release 5 April 2019

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ABOUT Criminal Justice

Last Updated : 03 Mar 2025

Hotstar Specials' Criminal Justice, a Hindi-language crime thriller, adapts the 2008 British series. The Indian version, penned by Shridhar Raghavan and directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and Vishal Furia, stars Pankaj Tripathi, Vikrant Massey, Jackie Shroff, Anupriya Goenka, and Mita Vashisht. The series...

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE NEWS

The Punjab and Haryana High Court reduced the sentence of a 50-year-old NDPS convict to time served, citing a 16-year trial.

Trial became punishment’: HC frees 50-year-old in 2009 opium case

October 13, 2025 10:04 pm

Justice Sumeet Goel reduces four-year sentence to time served, invoking reformative approach.

Rohan Sippy says he has the same approach to filming as his Criminal Justice actor Pankaj Tripathi.

'Like Pankaj Tripathi, I instinctively look for humour in every material I work on': Rohan Sippy on injecting laughs into a legal thriller like Criminal Justice

August 08, 2025 8:06 am

In an exclusive interview with SCREEN, Criminal Justice director Rohan Sippy opens up on taking on the legal thriller series from season 2, working with Pankaj Tripathi, and exploring motherhood through the fourth instalment, A Family Matter.

Sameer Nair is the Managing Director of Applause Entertainment.

Sameer Nair feels Indian adaptation of The Office would do far better today: 'Market was smaller then, wanted to do 11 seasons like US'

July 08, 2025 10:13 am

In an exclusive interview with SCREEN, Applause's Sameer Nair discusses adapting shows from the West in India, like Criminal Justice and The Office, and taking a leaf out of Indian books for series like Scam 1992, Black Warrant, and the upcoming one on Gandhi.

Criminal Justice A Family Matter review: Surveen Chawla stands out as Pankaj Tripathi's show goes flat

May 30, 2025 12:36 pm

Criminal Justice A Family Matter review: Pankaj Tripathi’s everyman-ness is his most endearing trait, but it can also become a much of muchness.

Announcement of Pankaj Tripathi-led Criminal Justice Season 4

Disney+ Hotstar announces season four of Pankaj Tripathi-led Criminal Justice

May 17, 2024 3:29 pm

Disney+ Hotstar announced the fourth season of Pankaj Tripathi-led crime drama series Criminal Justice.

New criminal justice bills mark end of colonial-era laws, watershed moment in history: PM Modi

December 21, 2023 10:53 pm

"In our Amrit Kaal, these legal reforms redefine our legal framework to be more relevant and empathy driven," he said.

Home Minister Shah tables bills that will overhaul India’s criminal justice system: What happens next?

August 13, 2023 12:17 pm

The Union Home Minister said that the three colonial laws – Indian Penal Code, 1860; Criminal Procedure Code, 1898; and Indian Evidence Act, 1872 – shall be replaced, in perhaps the largest criminal justice reform in India’s history.

Purab Kohli says there was an explosion of work after Rock On but he decided to take a break. Here’s why

August 25, 2022 10:08 pm

Actor Purab Kohli talks about Criminal Justice Adhura Sach, working with an ensemble cast and his Hollywood aspirations.

Criminal Justice 3 teaser: Pankaj Tripathi's Madhav Mishra is set to fight his 'toughest case'. Watch

August 03, 2022 12:28 pm

Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach teaser: Pankaj Tripathi and Shweta Basu Prasad will face off in this Disney+ Hotstar legal drama.

Korean adaptation of Criminal Justice in the works

January 14, 2021 5:35 pm

The Korean take of the British show, which will air on a local broadcaster, will be directed by Lee Myoung-woo, who recently directed Backstreet Rookie, starring Ji Chang-wook and Kim Yoo-jung.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE VIDEOS

‘On the Basis of Sex’ Review: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Became ‘Notorious’

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“On the Basis of Sex” does a brisk, coherent job of articulating what Ginsburg accomplished and why it mattered, dramatizing both her personal stake in feminist legal activism and the intellectual discipline with which she approached it.