Seventeen years, no verdict: The Indian state’s endless punishment of Mohammed Zakariya
The legitimacy of any justice system rests on a fundamental principle that punishment follows proof. Yet, in contemporary India, this foundational principle has been largely eroded by the state. Application of various draconian laws, like the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), has increasingly reconfigured legal procedure into an instrument of prolonged pre-conviction detention. In this […]
