Law Commission To Examine Compensation For Wrongful Imprisonment
Legal Era|January 2018

On November 30, the Delhi High Court passed an order requesting the Law Commission of India to examine the need for a legal framework for compensation to victims of wrongful imprisonment.

Law Commission To Examine Compensation For Wrongful Imprisonment

Prof GS Bajpai, Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice and Registrar at the National Law University, Delhi, was appointed by the court as Amicus Curiae. It sought his inputs on three issues: fines and default sentences, suspension of sentence, and remedies for wrongful incarceration.

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