Rate My Professor Mrinal Satish

Satish's research interests include sentencing, gender and the law, medical jurisprudence, empirical analysis of law, reproductive justice, excessive undertrial and pre-trial detention, and the criminal justice system's impact on vulnerable groups. Notable publications encompass his book Discretion, Discrimination and the Rule of Law: Reforming Rape Sentencing in India (Cambridge University Press, 2016), co-authored works such as Securing Reproductive Justice in India: A Casebook (Center for Reproductive Rights, 2019) and Fair Trial Manual for Judges & Magistrates (2nd ed., 2019), and articles like "Testing Chastity, Evidencing Rape: Impact of Medical Jurisprudence on Rape Adjudication in India" (Economic and Political Weekly, 2014). He holds influential roles as former member of the Supreme Court of India’s Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints Committee (2017-2021), nominated member of the National Legal Services Authority (2023-2025), articles editor of the Indian Law Review, and amicus curiae in Delhi High Court cases. Satish leads projects on pre-trial processes, preventive detention in Karnataka, vulnerable witness systems, and reproductive health rights, while teaching courses including Criminal Law I, Criminal Law II, and Sexual Violence and the Law.