Special Executive Magistrates hold executive authority to order preventive detentions and peace bonds, but conferring these powers on police officers faces growing constitutional scrutiny.
India uses criminal codes, cyber laws, and targeted statutes to penalise racial abuse against northeastern citizens, though advocates call for an explicit anti-racism law.
The Prime Minister has dropped proposals to let judges sit alone in mid-level criminal cases, but some controversial reforms to magistrates' powers will go ahead.
The 50‑year‑old inmate survived two pentobarbital doses, was moved to a hospital and now the state has suspended all executions for the rest of 2026 while a review is underway.
Stephen Aarons was held in contempt after admitting he used an OpenAI chatbot to summarize a trial transcript without checking if the witnesses existed.
