Dr. Neeraj Tiwari
Assistant Professor
Neeraj Tiwari holds Ph.D. from National Law University Delhi and LL.M. from Indian Law Institute, Delhi. Before joining NLU Delhi, he served as a faculty at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur and National Judicial Academy, Bhopal. At NLU Delhi, he teaches Criminal Procedure Law at under-graduate and post-graduate levels. He also teaches Criminal Law (Hons.) Specialisation at under-graduate level.
He has worked as ‘Senior Faculty’ in the Committee for Reforms in Criminal Laws (CRCL) constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to suggest reforms in criminal laws. He has been engaged as a ‘Consultant’ by the Ministry of Home Affairs to carry out the work related to New Criminal Laws (BNS 2023, BNSS 2023 and BSA 2023). He has also been engaged as a ‘Consultant’ by the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India to carry out the work related to the implementation of the New Criminal Laws. He has been awarded the Director General’s Disc and Certificate by the Director General, BPR&D for his contribution in the work related to the New Criminal Laws.
He has been appointed as a Member of the Drafting Committee to formulate ‘Suitable Guidelines on Seizure, Examination and Presentation of Personal Digital and Electronic Devices and their Content Applicable for all LEAs’. The Guidelines were submitted before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the matter of Ram RamaSwamy v. Union of India (WP(s)(Cri) 138/2021) and Foundation for Media Professionals v. Union of India (WP(s)(Cri) 395/2022).
His course on New Criminal Laws was launched on iGOT Karmayogi Bharat, which is the first course in the country on New Criminal Laws.
Since the enactment of the New Criminal Laws he has been invited to many prestigious institutions and organisations to create awareness on the New Criminal Laws. So far he has interacted with LEAs and Judicial Officers of approx. 9 States. He has taken sessions for Judicial Officers of Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Tripura, Bihar. He has been instrumental in the training courses on New Criminal Laws for Delhi Police, Uttarakhand Police, Chhattisgarh Police, NIA, ED, CBI. He has attended as ‘Panelist’ in the ‘Conferences on New Criminal Laws’ organised by the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India in Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai.
He has been associated with the UGC ePG Pathshala Project on the subjects ‘Law’ and ‘Criminology’ in the capacity of Paper Coordinator and successfully coordinated two courses on ‘Criminal Justice Administration’ and ‘Penology and Sentencing’. His MOOC on ‘Criminal Justice Administration’ is one of the leading courses on the SWAYAM portal.
He has visited University of Würzburg, Germany under the DAAD- A Passage to India programme. During his stay in Germany, he delivered lectures at University of Würzburg and University of Passau.
His doctoral work on ‘Role of Magistracy at Pre-trial Stage under the Indian Criminal Justice System: A Critical Study’ is the maiden empirical study on Pre-trial role of Judicial Magistrates in India.
He has many published papers to his credit and presented several papers in national and international conferences. His areas of interest are criminal law and criminal justice, access to justice, child rights and juvenile justice.
