The Centre for Criminology and Victimology at National Law University Delhi proposed a panel discussion on wrongful and malicious prosecution based on the Law Commission’s report.
The report categorized key issues into five chapters: the significance of previous reports, NCRB’s statistics on under trials, international perspectives, and inadequacies in the Indian legal system, and standards for defining wrongful prosecution and miscarriage of justice.
The panel aimed to critically analyze these components and their relevance to the Indian legal system. Key discussion themes included the Law Commission’s terminology, conceptualization of wrongful and malicious prosecution, critique of defined standards, best practices, comparison with other jurisdictions, proposed amendments to Section 365 B, legislative reforms, and overall context and methodology.