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# [[India Criminal Defense  Manual - The Role And Responsibility of a Legal Aid Lawyer|The Role And  Responsibility of a Legal Aid Lawyer]]
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# [[India Criminal  Defense Manual - Rights of the Accused and Exceptional  Circumstances|Rights of the Accused and Exceptional Circumstances]]
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# [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Client Interview|Client Interview]]
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# [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Other Pretrial Matters|Other Pretrial Matters]]
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# [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Theory of the Case|Theory of the Case]]
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# [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Various Defense Strategies|Various Defense Strategies]]
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# [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Questioning the Witness|Questioning the Witness]]
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# [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Plea Bargaining/Guilty Pleas|Plea Bargaining/Guilty Plea]]
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# [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Evidence|Evidence]]
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# [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Arguments|Arguments]]
  
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India has one of the world's largest populations of pre-trial detainees with 249,796 people in overcrowded and unsanitary prisons. While in police custody, these Indian citizens are often subjected to beatings, sleep deprivation, and shock treatments - all in violation of their fundamental constitutional rights. Subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, they are an example of human rights abuses on a colossal scale. Four people die in police or judicial custody every day from these abuses.
 
 
 
Many of these deaths could be avoided if cases were swiftly resolved. Unfortunately, more cases are filed than disposed of in Indian courts each year, creating a bottleneck in the criminal justice system. There are currently 26,752,193 pending cases in Indian courts. In some jurisdictions, case loads are so high that it would take years to clear court dockets.As a result of this backlog, detainees who cannot make bail are sometimes held in pretrial detention longer than the maximum sentence they would have received even if convicted. During periods of pre-trial detention, arrestees are at the greatest risk of torture. Victims have reported that the longer they are held in detention, the more intense the violence against them becomes. These abuses are exacerbated by the continuing deterioration of the Indian Police, one of the most ill-equipped police departments in the world.
 
 
 
Despite the fact that India has a limited legal aid system, the vast majority of pre-trial detainees never receive any legal representation. India's current legal aid system operates primarily in urban areas, and due to caste segregation many Indians do not receive access to legal aid at all. Each of India's 28 states operates its own Legal Services Authority, resulting in an uncoordinated approach to India's legal aid problems.
 
 
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*There are 26,752,193 pending cases in Indian courts. In some jurisdictions case loads are so high that it would take a thousand years to clear court dockets.
 
 
 
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'''Table of contents'''
 
 
 
* [[India Criminal Defense Manual - The Role And Responsibility of a Legal Aid Lawyer|The Role And Responsibility of a Legal Aid Lawyer]]
 
* [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Rights of the Accused and Exceptional Circumstances|Rights of the Accused and Exceptional Circumstances]]
 
* [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Client Interview|Client Interview]]
 
* [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Other Pretrial Matters|Other Pretrial Matters]]
 
* [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Theory of the Case|Theory of the Case]]
 
* [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Various Defense Strategies|Various Defense Strategies]]
 
* [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Questioning the Witness|Questioning the Witness]]
 
* [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Plea Bargaining/Guilty Pleas|Plea Bargaining/Guilty Plea]]
 
* [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Evidence|Evidence]]
 
* [[India Criminal Defense Manual - Arguments|Arguments]]
 
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'''Additional Materials'''
 
 
 
*[[Lawyer-Client Relationship (India)|Lawyer-Client Relationship]]
 
*[[Media:India Country Summary Card.pdf | India Country Summary Card]]
 
== Codes ==
 
 
*[http://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/CrPc/Criminal-Procedure-Code-1973.htm The Code of Criminal Procedure]
 
*[http://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/CrPc/Criminal-Procedure-Code-1973.htm The Code of Criminal Procedure]
 
*[http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~sk4zw/india-const/const.html The Constitution of India]
 
*[http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~sk4zw/india-const/const.html The Constitution of India]
 
*[http://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/indianevidenceact/indianevidenceact.htm The Indian Evidence Act, 1872]
 
*[http://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/indianevidenceact/indianevidenceact.htm The Indian Evidence Act, 1872]
 
*[http://www.netlawman.co.in/acts/indian-penal-code-1860.php The Indian Penal Code, 1860]
 
*[http://www.netlawman.co.in/acts/indian-penal-code-1860.php The Indian Penal Code, 1860]
== Legal Training Resource Center ==
 
[http://elearning.ibj.org eLearning Courses for Indian lawyers]
 
  
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*[[Media:India Country Summary Card.pdf | India Country Summary Card]]
  
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* [http://elearning.ibj.org eLearning Courses for Indian lawyers]
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India has one of the world's largest populations of pre-trial detainees with 249,796 people in overcrowded and unsanitary prisons. While in police custody, these Indian citizens are often subjected to beatings, sleep deprivation, and shock treatments - all in violation of their fundamental constitutional rights. Subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, they are an example of human rights abuses on a colossal scale. Four people die in police or judicial custody every day from these abuses.
  
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Many of these deaths could be avoided if cases were swiftly resolved. Unfortunately, more cases are filed than disposed of in Indian courts each year, creating a bottleneck in the criminal justice system. There are currently 26,752,193 pending cases in Indian courts. In some jurisdictions, case loads are so high that it would take years to clear court dockets.As a result of this backlog, detainees who cannot make bail are sometimes held in pretrial detention longer than the maximum sentence they would have received even if convicted. During periods of pre-trial detention, arrestees are at the greatest risk of torture. Victims have reported that the longer they are held in detention, the more intense the violence against them becomes. These abuses are exacerbated by the continuing deterioration of the Indian Police, one of the most ill-equipped police departments in the world.
  
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Despite the fact that India has a limited legal aid system, the vast majority of pre-trial detainees never receive any legal representation. India's current legal aid system operates primarily in urban areas, and due to caste segregation many Indians do not receive access to legal aid at all. Each of India's 28 states operates its own Legal Services Authority, resulting in an uncoordinated approach to India's legal aid problems.
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Revision as of 12:10, 9 December 2010

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INDIAN CRIMINAL DEFENSE MANUAL

  1. The Role And Responsibility of a Legal Aid Lawyer
  2. Rights of the Accused and Exceptional Circumstances
  3. Client Interview
  4. Other Pretrial Matters
  5. Theory of the Case
  6. Various Defense Strategies
  7. Questioning the Witness
  8. Plea Bargaining/Guilty Plea
  9. Evidence
  10. Arguments

CODES

LEGAL RESOURCES

LEGAL TRAINING RESOURCE CENTER

India has one of the world's largest populations of pre-trial detainees with 249,796 people in overcrowded and unsanitary prisons. While in police custody, these Indian citizens are often subjected to beatings, sleep deprivation, and shock treatments - all in violation of their fundamental constitutional rights. Subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, they are an example of human rights abuses on a colossal scale. Four people die in police or judicial custody every day from these abuses.

Many of these deaths could be avoided if cases were swiftly resolved. Unfortunately, more cases are filed than disposed of in Indian courts each year, creating a bottleneck in the criminal justice system. There are currently 26,752,193 pending cases in Indian courts. In some jurisdictions, case loads are so high that it would take years to clear court dockets.As a result of this backlog, detainees who cannot make bail are sometimes held in pretrial detention longer than the maximum sentence they would have received even if convicted. During periods of pre-trial detention, arrestees are at the greatest risk of torture. Victims have reported that the longer they are held in detention, the more intense the violence against them becomes. These abuses are exacerbated by the continuing deterioration of the Indian Police, one of the most ill-equipped police departments in the world.

Despite the fact that India has a limited legal aid system, the vast majority of pre-trial detainees never receive any legal representation. India's current legal aid system operates primarily in urban areas, and due to caste segregation many Indians do not receive access to legal aid at all. Each of India's 28 states operates its own Legal Services Authority, resulting in an uncoordinated approach to India's legal aid problems.