India, March 16 -- OP Jindal University

New Delhi [India], March 16: Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India, called for a new framework for plea bargaining based on social, cultural, economic theories and practices at the inaugural session of the seminar on "Delivering Justice in Time: Global Practices and Indian Experiences", jointly organised by O.P. Jindal Global University and the National Law University Delhi.

"Plea bargaining is becoming universal. There's a new need for a national protocol for plea bargaining, a national protocol which can be evolved and which can, in a very healthy way, advise, guide and counsel practitioners as well as victims of justice, so that the protocol can work in a more transparent and objecti...