Nikita Sonavane
The writer is are associated with the Bhopal-based Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project
Wed, May 25, 2022
The widespread public sanction for retributive police violence can increase the impunity of the errant law-keepers, often at the expense of the most vulnerable.
Fri, Apr 08, 2022
Nikita Sonavane, Praavita Kashyap and Mrinalini Ravindranath write: The right against self-incrimination is at the heart of protection from police excess. Evidence mandated by the Criminal Procedures (Identification) Bill violates it
Fri, May 28, 2021
It will replicate caste bias and violate liberty and privacy of citizens.
Thu, Mar 25, 2021
Class and caste elitism mars legal remedies to address animal cruelty, tends to criminalise vulnerable communities who depend on animal labour
Fri, Mar 05, 2021
Scant judicial attention has been paid to the casteist and patriarchal underpinnings of consent
Tue, Feb 09, 2021
“Minimum government, maximum governance” has unfortunately translated into minimum government transparency and maximum public penalisation.
Tue, Dec 08, 2020
Certain communities such as the Denotified Tribes (DNTs), which have a history of persecution by the criminal justice system, are targeted under specific laws and legal provisions.
Mon, Nov 02, 2020
Push for repopulation of prisons during a pandemic is reckless.