Dr. Renjith Thomas is an Assistant Professor at National Law University, Jodhpur, and has dedicated more than a decade to academic pursuits at the University. He currently offers courses on substantive and procedural criminal law for the undergraduate programmes and the course “Evolving Perspectives on Crime and Punishment” for the LL.M. programme. 

He serves as the Chief Editor of the NLUJ Law Review. He is also the Executive Director of the Centre for Criminal Law and Forensic Justice Studies, NLUJ, and the Centre for Litigation Studies, NLUJ.                                                                        

His administrative roles include membership in the following University Committees:

• Internal Quality Assurance Cell 

• Curriculum Development Committee 

• Anti-Ragging Committee  

• Legal Matters Committee 

• Disciplinary Council (Men)

• Sports Committee 

Renjith holds a B.A. (Law), LL.B. degree from Government Law College, Trivandrum (Kerala University), an LL.M. in Criminal Law from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, and a Ph.D. from National Law University, Jodhpur. In 2018, he was a visiting scholar at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.

Publications

Books 

• Revising Author of Dr. K.N. Chandrasekharan Pillai’s General Principles of Criminal Law (3rd ed.) published by the Eastern Book Company (2024).

• Revising Author of R.V. Kelkar’s Criminal Procedure (8th ed.) published by the Eastern Book Company (forthcoming).

• Revising Author of R.V. Kelkar’s Lectures on Criminal Procedure (7th ed.) published by the Eastern Book Company (forthcoming).

Articles

• Jurisprudence of Over Criminalization - A Criminological Perspective of Over Criminalization under Section 34 of Indian Penal Code, Symbiosis Contemporary Law Journal Vol. II No.1, Published by Lexis Nexis Butterworth. (ISBN No. 978-93-5143-018-6). 

• Law And Justice: The Guantánamo Challenge, Human Rights Law Journal, Vol. I, Issue I, Published by National Law University Odisha, Cuttack

• Transgression of Law and Justice: A Jurisprudential Analysis of Sophocles’ Antigone, KIIT Student Law Review Vol. III, (ISSN No. 2348-4381)

• Demystifying ‘Property’ In Intellectual Property: A Critical Analysis in the Context of Access to Knowledge, National Law University Odisha Law Journal Vol. 5, Issue 1 (2018) (ISSN: 2348-8913)

• Tejram Patil: Juxtaposing Section 32(1) and Section 6 whether justified? A Critical Analysis of the Supreme Court Decision in Tejram Patil v. State of Maharashtra, 2015 (2) SCJ 710, National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi (NUALS) Law Journal, Vol. 10

• Can Adam Plead Abortion as A Ground for Divorce Against Eve? A Jurisprudential Analysis, Amity Law Review 2016, Vol. 12 (ISSN: 2249-2232)

Policy Documents 

• Submitted the report “An Analytical Report on the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023” to the Ministry for Law and Justice in February, 2025.

• Submitted the report “An Analytical Appraisal of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023” to the Office of the Honourable Vice President of India in November, 2023.

• Submitted a report on “Reforms in the Criminal Justice System” to the Ministry of Home Affairs in 2019.

Course Content Developed 

• Developed course content for the Subject Law, Module titled Jurisprudence of Sentencing Function for the MHRD, under its National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT), in collaboration with UGC for development of e-content in Criminology for Postgraduate Level.

• Developed course content for the Subject Criminology, Module titled Judicial Approach in relation to Dowry Prohibition Laws for the MHRD, under its National Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT), in collaboration with UGC for development of e-content in Criminology for Postgraduate Level. 

• Developed course content for the Subject Criminology, Module titled Evidentiary and Procedural Challenges in Relation to Matrimonial Offences for the MHRD, under its National   Mission on Education through ICT (NME-ICT), in collaboration with UGC for development of e-content in Criminology for the Postgraduate Level.

Email ID: renjith@nlujodhpur.ac.in

Areas of Expertise: Substantive Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Criminal Justice; Criminal Law Theory; Criminology; Comparative Criminal Law.