LC-0003Lacunae · Human Rights · Wanted
No Law against Torture
Scope
India signed the Convention against Torture in 1997 and has not ratified it or enacted a stand-alone offence.
Authorities to start from
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Dec. 10, 1984, 1465 U.N.T.S. 85
- Law Commission of India, Report No. 273 (2017)
- D.K. Basu v. State of W.B., (1997) 1 SCC 416
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