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Suspects' Rights in India: Comparative Law and the Right to Legal Assistance as Drivers for Reform
This book examines the procedural, cultural, and institutional framework of custodial interrogation in India. It explores theoretical and practical perspectives on custodial interrogation practices in India which have been in urgent need for reform and critiques the systemic failure to implement suspects' rights uniformly.
| Author(s) | By Prejal Shah. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 250 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 25 Sept 2023 |
| Availability | POD |
This book examines the procedural, cultural, and institutional framework of custodial interrogation in India. It explores theoretical and practical perspectives on custodial interrogation practices in India which have been in urgent need for reform and critiques the systemic failure to implement suspects' rights uniformly.
1. Introduction 2. Methods and methodology 3. Police Interrogation: The Need for Reform 4. The Way Forward: Enhancing the Right to Custodial Legal Assistance 5. Revisiting the Absolute Ban on Evidential Uses of Confessions made to Police Officers 6. Suspe
Prejal Shah is presently working as a Lecturer in law at the University of Lincoln, UK. Her current research involves custodial legal assistance during police interrogation during COVID-19 in a comparative perspective.
