In India when hardcore criminals plan their
career graph, t hey i magine reti ring as  former
Members of Parliament. If not impossible, but down
here, at the world’s largest democracy, it has been a
lived reality for loads of criminals who turned to
po l i t i c s  l a t e r  a n d s a i l e d on  f r o m t h e r e .
‘Decriminalization of politics’ has been one of the
most hotly debated topics for long with everybody
– including all political parties – lending their very
vocal support to it.

Being the most monstrous crime in the public
C O V E R   S T O R Y
Rising Juvenile Delinquency 16
Segregating Adolescence from
Infancy in JJ Act?
Hemant Kumar, Advocate
A R T I C L E S
A judgment in poor taste 12
Justice K Chandru
Muddled draftsmanship 26
MJ Antony
I N S I D E
EDITORIAL
memory, the December 16 Delhi Gangrape shook the
nation, and raised a nation-wide furore. The four
animals not only gangraped her, but also shoved an
iron rod up her genitals and pulled her internal organs
wi th t hei r  bar e hands  whi l e s he was  al i ve and
conscious. The chargesheet described the Juvenile
offender as the most brutal of all. This Juvenile by a
mere 6 months got the benefit of being ‘underage’,
and was sentenced to three years in correction home, which is the maximum
he could be awarded under The Juvenile Justice 
(
Care and Protection of
Children
) Act, 2000, which inspired another round of public outcry.

Dear readers,
Taking a human life is not easy. Therefore, due care and adequate caution has to be taken before an individual is deprived of his or her life by the State. If the State delays execution inordinately for one reason or the other, the delay must be counted in favour of the prisoner because living under the shadow of death is a lot worse than dying. That has been the position of law so far. However, the Apex Court seems disinclined to allow this beneficial reading of the law to come to the aid of those sentenced to death for committing acts of terror. 
Although the support for death

Phone Snooping, Purpose of Education, Truly International, Supreme Court Judgements, West bengal National University of Juridicial Science

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