INSANITY DEFENSE IN BLASPHEMY OFFENCES IN PAKISTAN

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).41      10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).41      Published : Mar 1
Authored by : Ali Ajmal , Faiza Rasool

41 Pages : 447-453

References

  • Abramowitz, J. S., & Jacoby, R. J. (2014). Scrupulosity: A cognitive–behavioral analysis and implications for treatment. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 3(2), 140–149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2013.12.00 7
  • Ajmal, A. & Niazi, F. U. (2022). Proof of Insanity Defense in Criminal Law: Comparative Analysis of US, UK, India, and Pakistan (Unpublished thesis of Master of Laws). University law College, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan.
  • Ajmal, A. (2023, March 15). Insanity Defense: Guest Lecture at Punjab Bar Council [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNOr Q7d4jgg&t=9s
  • Ajmal, A., & Rasool, F. (2022). Forensic Evidence in Criminal Justice System in Pakistan. Global Legal Studies Review, 7(3), 25-31. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2022(VII- III).04
  • Ajmal, A., Nasim, B., & Rasool, F. (2022). Psychologists as Expert Witnesses in Criminal Matters in Courts in Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, 7 (4), 46-51. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2022(VII- IV).06
  • Ajmal, A., Niazi, F. U., & Rasool, F. (2022). Insanity Defense in Criminal Cases in Courts in Pakistan. Global Legal Studies Review, 7(4), 11- 16. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2022(VII- IV).02
  • Akins, H. (2019). Policy Update: Pakistan’s Blasphemy law: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Washington, DC.
  • Avgoustidis, A. G. (2013). Obsessions from the past: A study of the chapter on “blasphemous thoughts” in “The Ladder of Divine Ascent” (7th century AD). Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 6(6), 595–598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2013.08.072
  • Freckelton QC, I. (2020). Blasphemy law, mental illness and the potential for injustice: a cautionary tale from Indonesia. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 27(2), 169–180.
  • Gadit, A. A. (2007). Psychiatry in Pakistan: 1947- 2006: a new balance sheet. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 57(9), 453–463.
  • Garner, B. A. (2019). Black's law dictionary (Standard Ed.). St. Paul, MN: Thomson Reuters
  • Hassan, M. M. (1860). Commentary on Pakistan Penal Code, vol 1 (PLD).
  • Hazrat Ali Shah v. State and other (2014). PLD, Peshawar 122
  • Husain, M. (2014). Blasphemy laws and mental illness in Pakistan. The Psychiatric Bulletin, 38(1), 40–44. https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.112.042572
  • Indian Penal Code. (1860).
  • International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), (November 2015). On Trial: The Implementation of Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws. https://www.refworld.org/docid/565da48 24.html
  • Jeewan Shah v. Muhammad Shah. (2006) PLD 202 SC.
  • Khizar Hayat v. the State, (2006) SCMR 175.
  • Mehmood, S., & Mehmood, N. (1898). Commentary on the Code of Criminal Procedure (1st ed.). Lahore: Al-Qanoon Publishers.
  • Nair, N. (2013). Beyond the “Communal” 1920s: The Problem of Intention, Legislative Pragmatism, and the Making of Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code. The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 50(3), 317–340. https://doi.org/10.1177/00194646134946 22
  • Nasrullah Khan v. SHO, Writ Petition No. 60241/. (2021) Lahore High Court.
  • Noor Uddin v. State. (2014) PCrLJ 113. Pakistan Penal Code. (1860).
  • Qanoon-e-Shahadat Order. (1984).
  • Rana, M. (2015) Forensic psychiatry: A yawning gap in mental health care in Pakistan. Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society, 12(2), 6-10. http://www.jpps.com.pk/article/forensicps ychiatryayawninggapinmentalhealthcareinp akistan_2469.html
  • Ratan Lal v. State of Madhya Pradesh. (1970) (3) SCC 533.
  • Reddy, Y. C. Janardhan., Rao, N., & Khanna, S. (2010). An overview of Indian research in obsessive compulsive disorder. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 52(7), 200. https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.69233
  • Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., Ruiz, P., & Kaplan, H. I. (2017). Kaplan and Sadock's comprehensive textbook of psychiatry (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
  • Safia Bano v. Home Department, Government of Punjab and others, PLD (2021) SC 488. Section 49 of Sindh Mental Health (Amendment) Act, (2015).
  • Shahbaz Masih alias Kaba v. State, 2007 MLD 1040
  • Siddique, O. & Hayat, Z. (2008). Unholy Speech and Holy Laws: Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan-Controversial Origins, Design Defects, and Free Speech Implications. Minnesota Journal of International Law, 17(2), 312-216. https://ssrn.com/abstract=2207002
  • State v. Muhammad Arshad Javed, (1995) 13 M.L.D. 667, 669, Lahore.
  • State v. Saifullah Khan PLD (2006) Peshawar 140.
  • State vs. Rimsha Masih PLD (2013) Islamabad 1.

References

  • Abramowitz, J. S., & Jacoby, R. J. (2014). Scrupulosity: A cognitive–behavioral analysis and implications for treatment. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 3(2), 140–149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2013.12.00 7
  • Ajmal, A. & Niazi, F. U. (2022). Proof of Insanity Defense in Criminal Law: Comparative Analysis of US, UK, India, and Pakistan (Unpublished thesis of Master of Laws). University law College, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan.
  • Ajmal, A. (2023, March 15). Insanity Defense: Guest Lecture at Punjab Bar Council [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNOr Q7d4jgg&t=9s
  • Ajmal, A., & Rasool, F. (2022). Forensic Evidence in Criminal Justice System in Pakistan. Global Legal Studies Review, 7(3), 25-31. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2022(VII- III).04
  • Ajmal, A., Nasim, B., & Rasool, F. (2022). Psychologists as Expert Witnesses in Criminal Matters in Courts in Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, 7 (4), 46-51. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2022(VII- IV).06
  • Ajmal, A., Niazi, F. U., & Rasool, F. (2022). Insanity Defense in Criminal Cases in Courts in Pakistan. Global Legal Studies Review, 7(4), 11- 16. https://doi.org/10.31703/glsr.2022(VII- IV).02
  • Akins, H. (2019). Policy Update: Pakistan’s Blasphemy law: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Washington, DC.
  • Avgoustidis, A. G. (2013). Obsessions from the past: A study of the chapter on “blasphemous thoughts” in “The Ladder of Divine Ascent” (7th century AD). Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 6(6), 595–598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2013.08.072
  • Freckelton QC, I. (2020). Blasphemy law, mental illness and the potential for injustice: a cautionary tale from Indonesia. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 27(2), 169–180.
  • Gadit, A. A. (2007). Psychiatry in Pakistan: 1947- 2006: a new balance sheet. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 57(9), 453–463.
  • Garner, B. A. (2019). Black's law dictionary (Standard Ed.). St. Paul, MN: Thomson Reuters
  • Hassan, M. M. (1860). Commentary on Pakistan Penal Code, vol 1 (PLD).
  • Hazrat Ali Shah v. State and other (2014). PLD, Peshawar 122
  • Husain, M. (2014). Blasphemy laws and mental illness in Pakistan. The Psychiatric Bulletin, 38(1), 40–44. https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.112.042572
  • Indian Penal Code. (1860).
  • International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), (November 2015). On Trial: The Implementation of Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws. https://www.refworld.org/docid/565da48 24.html
  • Jeewan Shah v. Muhammad Shah. (2006) PLD 202 SC.
  • Khizar Hayat v. the State, (2006) SCMR 175.
  • Mehmood, S., & Mehmood, N. (1898). Commentary on the Code of Criminal Procedure (1st ed.). Lahore: Al-Qanoon Publishers.
  • Nair, N. (2013). Beyond the “Communal” 1920s: The Problem of Intention, Legislative Pragmatism, and the Making of Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code. The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 50(3), 317–340. https://doi.org/10.1177/00194646134946 22
  • Nasrullah Khan v. SHO, Writ Petition No. 60241/. (2021) Lahore High Court.
  • Noor Uddin v. State. (2014) PCrLJ 113. Pakistan Penal Code. (1860).
  • Qanoon-e-Shahadat Order. (1984).
  • Rana, M. (2015) Forensic psychiatry: A yawning gap in mental health care in Pakistan. Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society, 12(2), 6-10. http://www.jpps.com.pk/article/forensicps ychiatryayawninggapinmentalhealthcareinp akistan_2469.html
  • Ratan Lal v. State of Madhya Pradesh. (1970) (3) SCC 533.
  • Reddy, Y. C. Janardhan., Rao, N., & Khanna, S. (2010). An overview of Indian research in obsessive compulsive disorder. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 52(7), 200. https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.69233
  • Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., Ruiz, P., & Kaplan, H. I. (2017). Kaplan and Sadock's comprehensive textbook of psychiatry (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
  • Safia Bano v. Home Department, Government of Punjab and others, PLD (2021) SC 488. Section 49 of Sindh Mental Health (Amendment) Act, (2015).
  • Shahbaz Masih alias Kaba v. State, 2007 MLD 1040
  • Siddique, O. & Hayat, Z. (2008). Unholy Speech and Holy Laws: Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan-Controversial Origins, Design Defects, and Free Speech Implications. Minnesota Journal of International Law, 17(2), 312-216. https://ssrn.com/abstract=2207002
  • State v. Muhammad Arshad Javed, (1995) 13 M.L.D. 667, 669, Lahore.
  • State v. Saifullah Khan PLD (2006) Peshawar 140.
  • State vs. Rimsha Masih PLD (2013) Islamabad 1.

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