About the Center

Center for Criminal Law, NUSRL Ranchi

With the changing times the societal norms also change and people who are part of the society have to accept this change either by way of compromise or any other way in order to adjust and make them still the part of the very same society. This led to the journey of no criminal law in uncivilized society to Penal Provisions in civilised society. Considering the quantum of resources in the nature of funds, manpower and expertise that have been committed and/or expended in pursuance to these laws and policies, it is expedient to assess and evaluate their success, study and learn from their short-comings which can be worked upon and identify areas which are yet to fall within the ambit of governmental largesse. Law is subject to change with times and the same applies to Criminal Law.

Center for Criminal Law was established in 2017 to study the Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Criminal Law. Center for Criminal Law has been one of the most active academics societies in the area of Criminal Law in NUSRL. This Center provides to the future lawmakers and lawyers an opportunity to understand the depth of criminal justice system and developing strategies to mitigate the threat to this system. Center promotes and encourages its students for research in the field of Criminal Law.

Vision of Center for Criminal Law

Center strives to create an opportunity to in-depth understanding and awareness of contemporary challenges and issues of Criminal Law, make analytical assessment of provisions of Criminal Law and provide solutions and suggestions on the basis of research.

Mission-

1. To promote and encourage research by students and scholars on specific issues regarding offenses which are still uncovered by legal guardians.
2. To give exposure to law students to the society to understand the law and obstacles in its implementation
3. To analyze different laws and public policies, and seek solutions to join the loopholes which are yet not paid much attention.
4. To organize a platform where experts in respective fields and researchers can interact and formulate new opinions which can serve as a learning environment for the students.
5. To bring various stakeholders like academicians, policy planners, officials, programme administrators, representatives of civil society, NGOs, media, social and development activists and practitioners to debate and discuss about criminal law and justice and inclusive development: issues, challenges and social work perspective.
6. To provide training, research and advisory services to government, non-government and other agencies, both national and international, in policy formation and implementation.
7. To assist lawmakers in the preparation and analytical evaluation of legislations pertaining to the Criminal Law.
8. To publish journals, books, research papers and reports contain original and primary research works by the faculty and students on issues pertaining to Criminal Law in India.