Preventive detention -- Extra-judicial killings -- Counter-terrorism and human rights -- The death penalty in India -- Narcoanalysis -- Undertrials and videoconferencing -- Acts of bad faith : anti-conversion laws -- Impunity -- Armed Forces (Special Forces) Act : urgency of review
Summary
This collection of essays examines the civil rights guarantees as enshrined in the Constitution of India. As evident in the State's handling of contemporary social and political issues, it analyses the challenges faced by the Indian civil rights framework