
Explore the evolution of white collar crime and the criminal justice process, from complaint to chargesheet and trial. Examine legislations and the rights of the aggrieved party and the accused.
Trace the evolution of white collar crime from Edwin Sutherland's 1939 coinage to modern economic offences in India, driven by greed and regulated by SEBI and Prevention of Corruption Act.
Outline the white collar crime trial cycle from complaint to investigation and beyond. Assess victims and accused, gather corroborative material, and engage specialised agencies and forensic audits.
Represent the accused at pre-trial and post-arrest stages in white-collar crime trials. Draft defenses, file written representations, seek anticipatory or regular bail, and manage remand and custody issues.
Understand rights at pre-trial and remand stages, including bail, presumption of innocence, and the right to remain silent and not self-incriminate, with counsel protections.
Learn to draft a criminal writ petition for the Bombay High Court, including format, grounds, and relief to quash orders or secure return of seized property.
Learn to draft anticipatory bail applications under section 438 of the CrPC for the Bombay High Court, including synopsis, index or list of documents, applicant details, and grounds for relief.
Explore the preliminary stages of a sessions trial under section 226 and section 227, including discharge of the accused and framing of charges from the charge sheet.
Appeal allows prosecution or defence to challenge acquittals or convictions in courts, with appellate review limited to the trial evidence and bail rights via an SLP to the Supreme Court.
Guard against media influence on white collar crime trials by upholding presumption of innocence, ensuring media coverage remains non-prejudicial, and relying on admissible, quality evidence.
SkillxPro brings to you a comprehensive course on White Collar Crimes, their legal nuances, and trial processes.
In this course, you will experience and learn the complete lifecycle of a white-collar trial – starting from the initial stages of dealing with a show-cause notice, to the issuance of FIR and charge-sheet, to bail proceedings to investigation to the final closure of the trial. During the lifecycle, a focus shall be placed on skill-building including drafting of relevant documents/ pleadings, advising your client (as a complainant or accused) at various stages of the trial, making representations before authorities, and other skills involved in criminal trials. While dealing with these topics, emphasis will be given to providing you with the background and tools to reason through practical problems faced by white-collar practitioners.
The course is designed to adapt to your learning progress that will ensure your initial learning and understanding of the very basics of white-collar crimes like the understanding the scope of white-collar to more advanced concepts like defenses in white-collar crimes, plea bargaining, corporate sentence, the concept of the whistle-blower, etc. The course encompasses the complete genesis of white-collar crime in India including anti-bribery and corruption laws; corporate and accounting fraud; insider trading; data privacy, protection and security; corporate compliance; and money laundering.
Along with the hands-on teaching, your learning will be accelerated by real-time assessments, case studies, and projects. The digital learning experience will be accelerated by 360 degree career support aimed to transform learning into a solid career outcome for each of the students enrolled in the program.