Media coverage

Op-eds | 2026

• The right to protest must not be policed away: Why Delhi police excesses at Jantar Mantar demand accountability | Maja Daruwala
  29th July 2027 | Deccan Herald

• न्याय की कानूनी हकीकत | वलय सिंह
  24th July 2026 | Aaj Tak

• पुलिस यातना के खिलाफ पहला बड़ा फैसला | माया दारूवाला
  6th July 2026 | Hindustan Hindi

• Waiting for a law against custodial torture | Maja Daruwala
  26th June 2026 | Hindustan Times

• उपभोक्ता आयोगों की हालत चिंताजनक: कानून में बदलाव से पहले व्यवस्था सुधारना जरूरी | माया दारूवाला
  26th May 2026 | The Wire Hindi

• What prisons won’t tell in a day | Maja Daruwala
  26th May 2026 | Deccan Herald

• Analysing India’s budgets for justice | Valay Singh
  21st May 2026 | The Hindu

• उपभोक्ताओं की असुरक्षा | भारत सिंह
  18th May 2026 | Aaj Tak

• तेज डिलीवरी, धीमा न्याय: उपभोक्ता क्षेत्र की सबसे बड़ी चुनौती; क्या कहती है कंज्यूमर जस्टिस रिपोर्ट? | भारत सिंह
  9th April 2026 | Zee News

• Where can the consumer access justice? The commissions are falling woefully short | Siddharth Lamba and Sheehari Paliath
  9th April 2026 | Indian Express

• इंडिया जस्टिस रिपोर्ट 2025 | वलय सिंह
  25th March 2026 | Puliyabaazi

• Is India equipped to rehabilitate its juveniles? | Dipul Yadav
  24th March 2026 | IDR Online

• कानून की भाषा में अदृश्य बच्चियां | भारत सिंह और दिपुल यादव
  8th March 2026 | The Wire Hindi

• Patience is not a woman's virtue | Maja Daruwala
  7th March 2026 | The Tribune

• न्याय के लिए बजट: कम आवंटन, अधूरा उपयोग | भारत सिंह
  11th February 2026 | The Wire Hindi

• In overcrowded prisons, justice has lost its way | Valay Singh
  21st January 2026 | Hindustan Times

IJR in the media | 2026

• India's Tribunal Reforms Bill doesn't go far enough to resolve what troubles its quasi-judicial-system
  23rd August 2026 | Mint

• Fast-Track Courts: India's Repeated Promise Of Speedy Justice
  23rd August 2026 | Live Law

• बाल देखभाल संस्थानों का सोशल ऑडिट काराया जाए: जस्टिस लोकुर
  23rd August 2026 | Hindustan Hindi

• How the New Criminal Laws Are Rewiring India’s Justice System
  23rd August 2026 | Indian MasterMind

• भारत की जिला न्यायपालिका SC-ST-OBC की आरक्षित सीटें नहीं भर रही
  22nd August 2026 | The Print Hindi

• Jjoining the Bench: Merit the means to wait
  21st August 2026 | Times of India

• Nearly 6 lakh cases pending in consumer commissions, over 860 posts vacant: Centre
  19th August 2026 | Indian Express

• India’s district judiciary isn’t filling SC-ST-OBC seats
  19th August 2026 | The Print

• From Fragmented and Failing to Integrated: What Delhi’s New Rehabilitation Complex Says About India’s Child Care Institutions
  14th August 2026 | Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI)

• दस लाख लोगों पर महज 15 जज! 40 साल पहले विधि आयोग ने कहा था 50 चाहिए, सुप्रीम कोर्ट में 8 से 38 होने में लगे 76 साल
  12th August 2026 | Rajasthan Patrika

• Knowledge Nugget | Why Tribunals matter in India’s justice system
  12th August 2026 | Indian Express

• Demolitions to Acquittal: Ram Navami Violence Case Against 11 Muslims Was Built Without Evidence
  6th August 2026 | Article 14

• Four more SC judges will not clear case backlog: RS member to govt
  5th August 2026 | National Herald

• Why has Parliament increased the number of Supreme Court judges? | Explained
  4th August | The Hindu

• Lok Sabha clears more Supreme Court judges, but experts warn it may not fix India's 5-crore backlog
  4th August 2026 | First Post

• Enhancing Effectiveness of Fast-Track Courts
  1st August 2026 | Drishti IAS

• Prison reform begins where apathy ends
  31st July 2026 | IDR Online

• Why State Owes An Undertrial At Every Remand Hearing And Has Owed Since 2018
  30th July 2026 | Live Law

• Govt vows fast-track courts for paper leaks. Existing ones have 2,49,000 pending cases
  24th July 2026 | NewsLaundry

• Govt Vows Fast-Track Courts For Paper Leaks. Existing Ones Have 249,000 Pending Cases
  24th July 2026 | ISignal

• Many cases like deaths of children due to cough syrup and bank fraud, but CCPA remained silent; Not a single case was filed in 6 years
  19th July 2026 | Jagran Punjabi

• कफ सीरप से बच्चों की मौत और बैंक फ्रॉड जैसे कई मामले, लेकिन CCPA बैठा रहा शांत; 6 साल में नहीं किया एक भी मुकदमा
  19th July 2026 | Dainik Jagran

• Access Denied
  7th July 2026 | Teegraph India

• Chief Justice urges law students to use their learning to further social transformation
  6th July 2026 | The Hindu

• IPS Officer Arrested For Taking Bribe: The Tale Of Rusting Of Steel Frame Of India
  6th July 2026 | Inventiva

• हरियाणा सरकार 'नौकरियां बेच रही है', भूपिंदर हुड्डा का दावा
  23rd June 2026 | Dainik Bhaskar

• Where mediation meets IP: A young lawyer’s view of India’s legal shift
  6th June 2026 | Bar & Bench

• Commercial Dispute Resolution: Corporate Lawyers' Evolving Role In Repositioning First Forums
  4th June 2026 | Live Law

• India Justice Report: The State of Justice Delivery in India
  2nd June 2026 | The Rift

• UPSC Key: NFHS-6 shows rise in obesity, SC sets deadline for HCs, and Quad Foreign Ministers meeting
  31st May 2026 | Indian Express

• Algorithmic Policing in India: The Case for a Governing Framework
  29th May 2026 | ORF Online

• Baby thrown with the bathwater?
  28th May 2026 | The Statesman

• Odisha jails get breathing room with 66% occupation: PSI report
  28th May 2026 | Times of India

• Of war and words: How Operation Sindoor reshaped the courtroom’s vocabulary
  25th May 2026 | Bar & Bench

• कोई टॉर्ट कानून नहीं, सिर्फ टॉर्ट नियम—अदालतों और ट्रिब्यूनल से विकसित हुआ भारत का लायबिलिटी सिस्टम
  25th May 2026 | The Print Hindi

• No tort law, only tort rulings—India’s liability framework grew case by case through courts & tribunals
  25th May 2026 | The Print

• Supreme Court To Examine Plea Seeking 30% Women's Reservation In Government Panels, Law Officer Positions
  21st May 2026 | Law Beat

• झारखंड की जेलों में 63% पद खाली: वर्तमान में जेल का 1 कर्मचारी औसतन 3 लोगों का काम करने को मजबूर
  21st May 2026 | Lagatar News

• Jharkhand jail staff shortage: 63% vacancy impacts inmate care & correctional services
  20th May 2026 | Times of India

• अभी तक कोई महिला AG या SG नहीं: लॉ ऑफिसर पोस्ट में महिला वकीलों के लिए 30% कोटा की मांग को लेकर सुप्रीम कोर्ट में याचिका
  20th May 2026 | Bar & Bench Hindi

• 'देश में अब तक कोई महिला SG या AG नहीं', सुप्रीम कोर्ट में याचिका दायर कर विधि अधिकारी पदों में 30 फीसदी कोटा की मांग
  20th May 2026 | Jansatta

• सरकारी पैनलों में महिला वकीलों के लिए आरक्षण संबंधी याचिका पर केंद्र, राज्यों से जवाब तलब
  20th May 2026 | The Print Hindi

• Apex Court Seeks Response From Centre & States On PIL Seeking 30% Quota For Women Lawyers In Government Panels & Law Officer Positions
  20th May 2026 | Verdictum

• ‘No woman AG or SG till now’:PIL seeks 30% quota for women lawyers in govt panels; CJI flags gender gap, seeks govt’s response
  20th May 2026 | Bhaskar English

• SC seeks Centre’s response on 30 pc quota for women lawyers
  20th May 2026 | Daily Excelsior

• SC seeks response of Centre, states on PIL for 30 pc quota for women lawyers in govt panels
  20th May 2026 | Dev Discourse

• Supreme Court seeks response of the Centre and States on plea seeking 30% reservation for women lawyers in govt law officer posts
  20th May 2026 | OpIndia

• No woman AG or SG till now: Plea in Supreme Court seeks 30% quota for women lawyers in law officer posts
  20th May 2026 | Bar & Bench

• Bihar took prisoners to courts 7.6 lakh times in a year, highest in country
  17th May 2026 | Times of India

• The Supreme Court’s rebuke to a broom-bearing bail Order
  8th May 2026 | Supreme Court Observer

• How ‘bulldozer justice’ undermines the law
  6th May 2026 | The Hindu

• Is the Supreme Court’s 3-Year Practice Mandate Strengthening Judicial Quality or Restricting Access?
  1st May 2026 | Kashmir Life

• AP: Empowering women is core mission of AP Govt.: MLA G Sireesha
  17th April 2026 | UNI

• भारत के मुख्य न्यायाधीश (CJI) ने 'न्याय तक पहुँच' को न्याय प्रणाली की प्राथमिक बाधा बताया
  13th April 2026 | Vision IAS

• Women in law still face barriers to the Bench
  11th April 2026 | Policy Circle

• पुलिस थानों की दशा बदहाल
  10th April 2026 | Naya India

• Centre tells SC it will resolve CCTV gaps in police stations within two weeks
  8th April 2026 | The Morning Voice

• Using AI In The Courts: Gujarat HC Flags Risks, Backs Human Judgement Over Algorithms
  6th April 2026 | Free Press Journal

• Karnataka above national average in cybercrime, CM Siddaramaiah calls for stricter policing
  3rd April 2026 | New Indian Express

• Karnataka Police ensuring peace, among best in country: Home Min Parameshwara
  2nd April 2026 | Ten News

• BJP govt has left Haryana lagging in every sector: LOP Bhupinder Singh Hooda
  24th March 2026 | Times of India

• Much more needs to be done
  24th March 2026 | Kashmir Vision

• BJP pushed Haryana ‘backwards’: Hooda
  24th March 2026 | Millennium Post

• How Should Future Judges Be Trained?
  23rd March 2026 | The Wire

• Judiciary Alone Can't Be Blamed For Case Pendency, Executive Also Responsible : Justice Dipankar Datta
  22nd March 2026 | Live Law

• 22 judges per million, 26 lakh cases pending: India’s judicial gap widens despite years of reform
  22nd March 2026 | The Print

• 10 लाख लोगों पर 22 जज, 26 लाख केस लंबित: सुधार के बाद भी न्यायपालिका पर बोझ कायम
  22nd March 2026 | The Print Hindi

• Prison outbreak: On the health crisis in India’s prisons
  18th March 2026 | The Hindu

• Women Representation in Judiciary, Status, Significance
  10th March 2026 | Vajiram and Ravi

• The Leaking Pipeline of the Indian Subordinate Judiciary: A Socio-Legal Reflection on the Three-Year Practice Rule
  7th March 2026 | Legal Service India

• Over 300 prisons running at twice their capacity
  16th February 2026 | Times of India

• महाराष्ट्र में जेलों की क्षमता तीसरी सबसे ज्यादा, लेकिन 4 जेलों में करीब 17,000 कैदी; राष्ट्रीय आंकड़े बढ़ा रहे चिंता
  12th February 2026 | Times of India

• देश में दस लाख जनसंख्या पर माज्ञ 15 जज: न्याय व्यवस्था पर गंभीर संकट
  12th February 2026 | India Voice

• Know your laws: How kids' crimes expose chinks in legal system
  5th February 2026 | India Today

• डिजिटलीकरण, पेपरलेस और वर्चुअल सुनवाई... ई-कोर्ट के बजट में बढ़ोतरी से न्याय को मिलेगी नई रफ्तार
  2nd February 2026 | Dainik Jagran

• 10 Years Of The Juvenile Justice Act: What The Law Sees And Refuses To See
  1st February 2026 | Outlook

• Telangana vision document in line with the Viksit Bharat goal of India: Governor
  26th January 2026 | The Hindu

• Bird's Eye: How Staqu Tracks And Solves Crime in India with AI
  24th January 2026 | Analytics India Magazine

• A crumbling system is depriving India's young offenders of a 'second chance'
  14th January 2026 | BBC

• Antony Raju’s Conviction: Exposing the Cracks and Calling for a Comprehensive Judicial Overhaul
  4th January 2026 | APN NEWS

• Justice delayed is justice denied
  1st January 2026 | Kashmir Vision

• 'No one dies in prison, they die on the way to hospital'
  1st January 2026 | Times of India

Op-eds | 2025

• Delhi's Forgotten Promise: Manifest(o) in-justice | Valay Singh and Sarab Lamba
  4th February 2025 | The Wire

• Beckoning the Peacock(s): State of Delhi’s Prisons | Valay Singh and Sarab Lamba
  5th February 2025 | The Leaflet

• महिला न्यायाधीश: निचली अदालतों से उच्च न्यायपालिका तक का मुश्किल सफ़र | भारत सिंह और नयनिका सिंघल
  14th February 2025 | The Wire Hindi

• When a woman is a victim of violence and it’s not a crime | Sarab Lamba and Saumya Srivastava
  14th February 2025 | Indian Express

• Where's the Diversity in India's Justice System? | Valay Singh and Sarab Lamba
  15th February 2025 | The Quint

• Women’s Day rhetoric vs everyday reality | Maja Daruwala
  8th March 2025 | The Tribune

• Gender parity: Gap between intent and implementation | Maja Daruwala
  13th March 2025 | Hindustan Times

• जस्टिस मदन लोकुर का कॉलम:अगर समय पर न्याय चाहिए तो जजों की संख्या बढ़ानी होगी | मदन बी. लोकुर और वलय सिंह
  2nd May 2025 | Dainik Bhaskar

• Towards fixing India’s flailing justice system | Maja Daruwala
  4th May 2025 | Hindustan Times

• Justice Sanjiv Khanna’s Tenure: The Court, Not the Man | Valay Singh
  15th May 2025 | The Quint

• देश के 80 फीसदी लोग मुफ्त कानूनी मदद के हकदार, न्याय पाने के लिए अब भी लंबी है कतार | माया दारूवाला
  31st May 2025 | Navbharat Times

• Unfinished business of gender parity in India | Maja Daruwala
  18th June 2025 | Hindustan Times

• मन से मानिए महिलाओं को बराबर | माया दारूवाला
  19th June 2025 | Hindustan Hindi

• Boost the capacity of legal aid systems | Arshi Showkat, Saumya Srivastava, Valay Singh
  4th August 2025 | The Hindu

• Watchdog’s whimper | Valay Singh, Sarab Lamba & Nidha Parveen
  21st August 2025 | Telegraph India

• What needs to be done to curb prison overcrowding | Maja Daruwala
  25th August 2025 | Hindustan Times

• Overcrowding in prisons: Can India follow the UK’s lead? | Madhurima Dhanuka
  29th August 2025 | Indian Express

• साइबर अपराधों से निपट नहीं पा रही है पुलिस | वलय सिंह और भारत सिंह
  3rd September 2025 | Dainik Bhaskar

• Towards a transparent, accountable judiciary | Maja Daruwala
  27th November 2025 | Hindustan Times

• इंसाफ के लिए जवाबदेही जरूरी | माया दारूवाला
  10th December 2025 | Hindustan Hindi

IJR in the media | 2025

• India Justice Report 2025: Not a single State/UT meets their own reserved quotas for women in police force
  17th April 2025 | The Hindu

• पुलिस सिस्टम की हालत चिंताजनक: 23% पद खाली, 17% थानों में नहीं एक भी CCTV | Shaitan Prajapat
  16th April 2025 | Rajasthan Patrika

• Karnataka tops India Justice Report 2025; but faces challenges in prisons, legal aid | Bala Chauhan
  16th April 2025 | The New Indian Express

• पुलिस और न्यायपालिका का हाल, देश में बंगाल सबसे पीछे:इंडिया जस्टिस रिपोर्ट में खुलासा; टॉप-5 राज्यों में एक में भी बीजेपी की सरकार नहीं
  16th April 2025 | Dainik Bhaskar

• Karnataka lone state to hit quotas in police, judiciary
  16th April 2025 | Bangalore Mirror

• Prison population projected to hit 6.8 lakh by 2030: India Justice Report 2025
  16th April 2025 | Frontline

• Maha is low on rankings for justice delivery, jail facilities | Swati Deshpande
  15th April 2025 | The Times of India

• The Missing Diversity In India’s Justice System | Shreehari Paliath
  15th April 2025 | IndiaSpend

• IJR 2025: देश में हर 10 लाख की आबादी पर सिर्फ 15 जज, इंडिया जस्टिस रिपोर्ट 2025 में खुलासा; जानें क्या है मानक | Pavan Pandey
  15th April 2025 | Amar Ujala

• 90 per cent of women in police force serving in junior ranks: Report
  15th April 2025 | Hindustan Times

• देश में सिर्फ 8% महिला पुलिस अधिकारी, IPS कितनीं? इस रिपोर्ट में आंकड़ों का खुलासा | Nitin Arora
  15th April 2025 | Zee News

• South states take 5 top spots, Bengal last in policing, justice delivery: Report | Aparna Vats
  15th April, 2025 | India Today

• India Justice Report: Top 10 states for justice delivery in 2025
  15th April 2025 | CNBC TV 18

• Karnataka Leads in Justice Delivery, But India Lags in Judges: India Justice Report | Varsha Gowda
  15th April 2025 | Deccan Herald

• भारतीय पुलिस बल में सीनियर पदों पर 1000 से भी कम महिलाएं: इंडिया जस्टिस रिपोर्ट
  15th April 2025 | Aaj Tak

Op-eds | 2024

• How data could help in criminal justice reforms | Madhurima Dhanuka
  22nd January 2024 | Hindustan Times

• The SC asked states to plan prisons for the next 50 years — here’s what we are all missing | Arshi Showkat, Nayanika Singhal & Valay Singh
  4th February 2024 | Hindustan Times

• Four tasks for Maharashtra's new DGP to improve the state of policing | Valay Singh and Arshi Showkat
  29th February 2024 | Hindustan Times

• Police recruitments and the need for reform | Nidha Parveen
  6th March 2024 | Hindustan Times

• Can a justice system without women bring justice to women? | Maja Daruwala
  8th March 2024 | Indian Express

• Blaming court vacation for pendency misses the real problem | Maja Daruwala
  30th May 2024 | Indian Express

• कितनी एडवांस है भारतीय पुलिस? 282 थानों में वायरलेस-मोबाइल फोन तो 3 राज्यों में CCTV-स्पीडगन नहीं; महिलाएं केवल 12% | भारत सिंह और वलय सिंह
  10th June 2024 | Aaj Tak

• पुलिस हिरासत में मौतों पर जवाबदेह कौन? | भारत सिंह और नयनिका सिंघल
  8th August 2024 | The Wire Hindi

• Social audits can help decolonise policing | Maja Daruwala
  17th August 2024 | Hindustan Times

• वॉलन्टियर पुलिस कभी जरूरत की वजह से लाए गए, अब बन रहे मुसीबत | भारत सिंह और वलय सिंह
  19th August 2024 | ABP News

• New criminal codes, same old challenges of the justice system | Maja Daruwala
  20th September 2024 | Indian Express

• Human rights bodies need to be overhauled | Maja Daruwala
  30th September 2024 | Hindustan Times

• ‘भगवान भरोसे’ न्यायपालिका: पांच करोड़ मामले लंबित और जज केवल 20 हज़ार | भारत सिंह और वलय सिंह
  23rd October 2024 | The Wire Hindi

• Mentally ill inmates prisoners of the system | Maja Daruwala
  18th November 2024 | The Tribune

• देश भर में पांच करोड़ से अधिक लंबित प्रकरण: चीफ जस्टिस संजीव खन्ना के सामने प्रमुख चुनौती | भारत सिंह और वलय सिंह
  18th November 2024 | The Wire Hindi

• Caste no bar in prison | Valay Singh & Praveen Kumar
  30th November 2024 | The Telegraph

• Why district court judges need research assistants like High Court and Supreme Court judges | Madan B. Lokur and Valay Singh
  23rd December 2024 | Indian Express

IJR in the media | 2024

• How data could help in criminal justice reforms | Madhurima Dhanuka
  22nd January 2024 | Hindustan Times

• A state commission for sexual and gender minorities in Tamil Nadu | Prashant Singh, Meghna Sharma
  13th May 2024 | Hindustan Times

• Community Service' Under The BNS – An Incomplete Yet Promising Penologocial Advancement | Fauzia Shakil
  5th July 2024 | LiveLaw

• Why does the Indian Justice System fail to prevent sexual violence against women? | Shryeshth Ramesh Sharma, Kanika Chugh, Mohit Gupta
  21st September 2024 | Bar and Bench

Op-eds | 2023

• For better policing, focus on quality of personnel | Maja Daruwala & Valay Singh
  4th April 2023 | Hindustan Times

• How is India faring on justice delivery? | Maja Daruwala, Lakhwinder Kaur and Valay Singh
  10th April 2023 | Hindustan Times

• Not Guilty But In Jail: The best hope for India’s undertrial prisoners – district-level undertrial review committees – are failing | Maja Daruwala
  18th May 2023 | MoneyControl

• What the Supreme Court data reveals | Valay Singh and Nayanika Singhal
  25th September 2023 | Hindustan Times

• Too many undertrials in jails raise questions | Maja Daruwala and Nayanika Singhal
  30th September 2023 | The Hindu

• When police brutality becomes normalised | Maja Daruwala and Valay Singh
  21st October 2023 | Hindustan Times

IJR in the media | 2023

• Tareekh pe tareekh: A jibe leaning towards reality | Hemansh Tandon
  12th November 2023 | The Leaflet

• Just 13% of HC judges, over 36% at district, subordinate levels women: Govt | Abraham Thomas
  11th August 2023 | Hindustan Times

• Law and Justice: Restoring balance | Kaushik Deka
  2nd June 2023 | India Today

• Explained - What does the India Justice Report say about India’s police forces? | Diksha Munjal
  7th April 2023 | The Hindu

• How ‘Digital India’ Has Transformed the Landscape of Policing and Criminal Justice in Delhi | Apar Gupta
  23rd January 2023 | The Wire

Op-eds | 2022

• Instead of using tech only for mass surveillance, govt must harness digital to must harness digital to make police more accountable and transparent | Valay Singh and Ritika Goyal
  13th January 2022 | The Economic Times

• Decongesting jails: Data reveals a grim picture | Maja Daruwala and Rehana Manzoor
  10th February, 2022 | Hindustan Times

• World Day of Social Justice: Why diversity is the cornerstone of Justice System | Maja Daruwala
  20th February, 2022 | The Economic Times

• India needs not just more police, but better policing | Maja Daruwala and Valay Singh
  26th July, 2022 | Hindustan Times

• India's Justice System: Is Police Complaints Authority Wishful Thinking? | Maja Daruwala and Ritika Goyal
  27th September, 2022 | The Quint

IJR in the media | 2022

• Govt Suffers Taxonomic Failure, Denies Benefits to Denotified & Nomadic Tribes; For External Stability, 2023 Promises To Be Rough Year
  28th December, 2022 | The India Cable

• Court orders and govt decisions: A look back at criminal justice in 2022 | Shreehari Paliath
  26th December, 2022 | Business Standard