Faisal C K

3 weeks ago | newindianexpress.com | Faisal C K

Like Kazantzakis’s St. Francis, who wrestles with the institutional Church’s complicity in power, Pope Francis balanced revolution with pragmatism

Jul 12, 2024 | countercurrents.org | George Abraham |Sabiha Mazid |S G Vombatkere |Faisal C K

Monday, June 30, 2024, marked a transformative shift in the legal landscape in India, overhauling the British-era criminal laws that have existed in the country for a century or more.

Jun 26, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Faisal C K |Hiren Gohain |Nilofar Suhrawardy |Oscar Grenfell

To            Shri Arjun Meghwal,            Hon’ble Minister for Law and Justice,            Government of India,4th Floor, ‘A’ Wing,  Shastri Bhavan,            New Delhi. Email: Dr. Rajiv Mani,Union Law Secretary,Department of Legal Affairs,Government of India, New Delhi. Sub.:  Request Postponement of implementation of 3 Criminal Laws beyond 01st July, 2024 and request that the Union Ministry Initiate a National Discussion on the Nature, Need, Scope and Content of the 3 new laws.

Jun 23, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Faisal C K |Hiren Gohain |Dave Fryett |Nizamuddin Ahmad Siddiqui

The Winter Session 2023 of the 17th Lok Sabha witnessed the passage of, arguably, the three most significant post-Constitution legislations, namely, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023. Government of India released a gazette notification dated 24th February 2024 stating that the New Criminal Codes replacing the IPC, the CrPC and the Indian Evidence Act would come into force from 1st July 2024.

Sep 8, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Faisal C K

The overhauling of the Indian crimial justice system must focus on imparting novel ideas like the George Stinney Fund and the Alan Turing Act to compensate those who are wronged by the State“George Stinney Jr., October 21, 1929- June 16, 1944. Wrongly convicted.