Education CV
M.Sc. in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Oxford, 2022
LL.M., Harvard Law School, 2019
B.A.LL.B. (Hons.), National Law University, Odisha, India, 2014
Fields of research
Criminal law and theory, Criminal Procedure, Feminist Legal Theory, Capital Punishment, Procedural Rights of criminal defendants, Restorative Justice.
Research centres and interest groups
Supervisors
Dr. Arushi Garg
Prof. Loraine Gelsthorpe
Representative Publications
Journal Articles:
- That’s what She said: Centring women’s testimony in rape trials - Re-writing Raja v. State of State of Karnataka, INDIAN LAW REVIEW (2021).
- Feminism and its Discontents: Punishing Sexual Violence in India, 28(1) INDIAN JOURNAL OF GENDER STUDIES, 7-28 (2021).
- Rape Adjudication in India in the Aftermath of Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013: Findings from Trial Courts of Delhi , 4(2) INDIAN LAW REVIEW 244-266 (2020).
- The Enduring Gaps and Errors in Capital Sentencing in India (co-authored) 32(1) NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA REVIEW (2020).
- Human Sacrifice, Sentencing and the Death Penalty: Failings of the Supreme Court of India (co-authored) 55(8) ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY 2020.
- Penological Justifications as Sentencing Factors in Death Penalty Sentencing (co-authored), 6(2) JOURNAL OF NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY DELHI, 107-125 (2019).
Research Reports
- Death Penalty Statistics in India, 2019, Project 39A, NLU Delhi [2020] Sentencing in Trial Courts (2000-2015), Project 39A, NLU Delhi [2020]
- Death Penalty Statistics in India, 2019, Project 39A, NLU Delhi [2020]
- Sentencing in Trial Courts (2000-2015), Project 39A, NLU Delhi [2020]
Start Date
Oct 2023
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