Forensics
Through access facilitated by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, our forensics team carried out a thorough and revealing study of forensic labs. This resulted in our landmark Forensic Science India Report: A Study of Forensic Science Laboratories (2013-2017) published in August, 2023. In addition to research, we have consistently sought more judicial scrutiny of forensic evidence through the criminal appeals we have argued in death sentence cases. We played a significant role in developing the law on forensics through judgments like Rahul & Ors. v. NCT of Delhi (November 2022) and Irfan @ Bhayu Mevati v. The State of Madhya Pradesh (June 2025). Increasingly we have been part of efforts where the Supreme Court has sent cases back to the trial court for conducting technical and scientific cross-examination of forensic experts. Our forensic team also administers trainings exploring the possibilities and limitations of forensic evidence for diverse stakeholders like judges, forensic scientists, lawyers across institutions including the Delhi Judicial Academy, Judicial Academy, Assam, National Forensic Science University Delhi, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad. In recognition of our work in forensics, Shreya Rastogi (Co-Founder and Director), was awarded the 2024 Magnus Mukoro Award for Integrity in Forensic Science by the DNA Unit of the New York Legal Aid Society in New York.
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