Arrest and Detention in India

Dipa Dube is a professor at Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India. She specializes in the areas of criminal laws, gender violence and victimology. She is the vice-president of Indian Society of Victimology and has been conferred the ISV Fellowship in 2020. Dr Dube has published more than 80 articles in national and international journals on victim justice, human trafficking and rape laws and has authored 7 books. She is also a member of prestigious professional bodies including World Society of Victimology, International Society of Criminology, etc. Shruti Bedi is Professor of Law at University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS), Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh. She is the Co-ordinator for Department of Law at University School of Open Learning, PU, Director for Centre for Constitution and Public Policy, UILS, PU and also a TEDx speaker. She has authored two books and co-edited four books including a Festschrift in honour of Professor Upendra Baxi in addition to publishing numerous articles in national and international journals, blogs, books, newspapers etc. She has lectured at universities in England, Canada, Vietnam, Indonesia and Brazil.

• Foreword by Justice A. K. SikriPrefacePart I: Arrest and Detention: Constitutional PerspectivesArrest and Detention: The Umbrella of Constitutional Protection - Shruti BediArrest: Necessity and Justification - Nitish NawsagarayArrest by Police: Power, Procedure and Impact on Fundamental Rights - Amiya Kumar SamantaAnatomy of Preventive Detention Laws in India: A Historical and Critical Perspective - Yogesh Pratap SinghPreventive Detentions in India: Constitutional ‘Sanctions’ and ‘Safeguards’ - P. PuneethPart II: Legislative Perspectives on Arrest and DetentionRole of Remand Proceedings: A Step Away from Mechanical Approach - R. S. Cheema and Tarannum CheemaApprehension and Bail of Children in Conflict with Laws: Procedure and Practice - Kumar Askand PandeyInter-State Arrest: Safeguards and Remedies - Kavita SinghArrest and Seizure under Narcotics Drugs Law - Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti and Surja Kanta BaladhikariArrest and Detention under Armed Forces Act: A Test Case of Human Rights Violation - Bhabani SonowalPart III: Arrest and Detention: A Global PerspectiveArrest, Detention and Human Rights: International Standards - Dipa DubeConstitutional Rights on Arrest and Detention: A Canadian Perspective - Sébastien LafrancePretrial Hearing in Arrest and Detention: The Indonesian Experience - Amira ParipurnaArrest and Torture: Law and Its Implementation in Nepal - Balram Prasad RautPart IV: Judicial Interventions, Legal Reforms and the Way AheadThe Footprints of Liberty - Kamaljit Singh GarewalArrest by Police: Judicial Mandate - R. K. BagArrest and Detention: A Proposal for Reforms - Namrta Rastogi and Anurag DeepAfterword by Sidharth LuthraIndex