Constitutional Safeguards Vis-À-Vis Criminal Justice System in India: An Analysis in the Light of Precedents

Abstract

The association of criminal justice system and the constitution is one which cannot be ignored. Where the constitution plays the role of being the grundnorm for a country and grants several rights to its citizens, the criminal justice system plays the role of guardian of those rights by protecting them and punishing the wrongdoers. The criminal justice system of a country is highly dependent upon the constitution as it aspires for regular support from it to maintain law and order in the territory. The author in this research paper discusses in length the support granted to criminal justice system by the constitution through citing revolutionary changes brought in Indian Scenario by various landmark rulings. The author has also tried to throw ample amount of light and briefly elaborate the inter linkage between the provisions of the criminal legislations and the Constitution of India.