Media coverage

Op-eds

• Instead of using tech only for mass surveillance, govt must harness digital to must harness digital to make police more accountable and transparent, Valay Singh and Ritika Goyal
  13th January 2022 | The Economic Times

• Decongesting jails: Data reveals a grim picture \| Maja Daruwala and Rehana Manzoor
  10th February, 2022 | Hindustan Times

• World Day of Social Justice: Why diversity is the cornerstone of Justice System
  20th February, 2022 | The Economic Times

• India needs not just more police, but better policing | Maja Daruwala and Valay Singh
  26th July, 2022 | Hindustan Times

• India's Justice System: Is Police Complaints Authority Wishful Thinking? | Maja Daruwala and Ritika Goyal
  27th September, 2022 | The Quint

IJR in the media

• NALSA was supposed to be India’s beacon for legal aid. But it’s stuck in a systemic rut | Amar Patnaik (Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Odisha; a former CAG bureaucrat and currently an advocate)
  20th January 2022 | The Print

• UP worst, Kerala best | Santosh Kumar Mohapatra, Odisha-based economist and columnist
  24th January, 2022 | OrissaPost

• Bail: Strengthen the public legal aid system | Editorial
  31st January, 2022 | Hindustan Times

• A Decade of Darkness: Our New Database Reveals How A Law Discarded By Most Democracies Is Misused In India
  4th February, 2022 | Article14

• Explained: How The Union Budget Funds India's Justice System
  22nd February, 2022 | IndiaSpend

• Kerala Best, UP Worst, Odisha In Between | Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra
  24th February, 2022 | Sambad English Bureau

• How Did Courts Respond To The Pandemic Lockdowns: Evidence From The NCLT | Pavithra Manivannan, Susan Thomas & Bhargavi Zaveri-Shah
  31st March, 2022 | Bloomberg Quint

• Discussion on ‘India Justice Report’ held at RGNUL in Patiala
  19th April, 2022 | Tribune Patiala

• One in three police stations yet to get single CCTV camera, says report
  7th JJuly 2022 | The Economic Times

• Police reforms: Modest progress in last decade
  8th July 2022 | Financial Express

• Hate speech cases: Courts should act and not just scold | Arghya Sengupta
  10th July, 2022 | Times of India

• Only 10.5% Police Officers Are Female; 1 In 3 Stations Are Equipped With CCTV: Report
  11th July, 2022 | Business World

• 4,484 People Died in Police Custody Since 2020: Govt Data | Saumya Kalia
  27th July, 2022 | The Swaddle

• 9 of 10 inmates in Delhi jails await trial completion: India Justice Report
  13th September 2022 | Business Standard

• ‘India doesn’t spend even Rs 100/day on a prisoner’: How access to medical care in prisons can be improved? | Vinod Kumar Menon
  9th October, 2022 | Mid-day

• Online dispute resolution platform Sama raises seed funding from Campus Fund
  27th October, 2022 | Economic Times

• Revitalising Indian Criminal Justice System
  31st October, 2022 | DrishtiIAS

• Unfulfilled Vision And Lackadaisical Approach;Legal Aid Services And The Worrisome Statistics Of Pro Bono Aid In India
  14th November, 2022 | LiveLaw

• Fence eating crop: Cases against cops in Kerala puts spotlight on police criminality | In the first two weeks of November, multiple cases of abuse towards women and children have been filed in the state where cops were booked as perpetrators.
  16th November, 2022 | The News Minute

• When laws meant to be emancipatory become weapons of the regime: Teesta Setalvad | Full text of the Rabi Ray Memorial Lecture delivered by Teesta Setalvad in Bhubaneswar on November 26, 2022
  30th November, 2022 | Sabrang

• Chitrakoot dacoits to Noida women’s safety — UP’s 1st woman police commissioner on being ‘lady boss’ | Laxmi Singh, IPS officer from 2000 batch, joined as commissioner of police, Noida, last week. She talks about her plans to improve policing here in exclusive interview to ThePrint
  9th December, 2022 | The Print

• Low Payments, Lack Of Respect: Why Quality Of Free Legal Aid In India's Districts Is Poor | Suryanshi Pandey
  19th December, 2022 | IndiaSpend

• Court orders and govt decisions: A look back at criminal justice in 2022 | Shreehari Paliath
  26th December, 2022 | Business Standard

• Govt Suffers Taxonomic Failure, Denies Benefits to Denotified & Nomadic Tribes; For External Stability, 2023 Promises To Be Rough Year
  28th December, 2022 | The India Cable

• How ‘Digital India’ Has Transformed the Landscape of Policing and Criminal Justice in Delhi | Apar Gupta
  23rd January 2023 | The Wire