FORENSIC LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF MISUSE OF PROTECTIVE LAWS THROUGH NARRATIVE MANIPULATION IN LEGAL COMPLAINTS

AUTHOR – HIMANSHU & MUKUL VERMA

LLM STUDENS AT FAIRFIELD COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, AFFILIATED TO GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY(GGSIPU)

BEST CITATION – HIMANSHU & MUKUL VERMA, FORENSIC LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF MISUSE OF PROTECTIVE LAWS THROUGH NARRATIVE MANIPULATION IN LEGAL COMPLAINTS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (13) OF 2025, PG. 726-727, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344

Introduction

Protective laws are put in place to protect people from harassment, discrimination, domestic abuse, and other negative situations.  But in recent years, worries about the abuse of these laws through fabricated, inflated, or carefully crafted legal complaints have increased.  Such abuse damages real victims by undermining the legitimacy of safeguards, in addition to undermining the integrity of the legal system.  Forensic linguistics, the scientific study of language in legal contexts, is important in this regard.  In complaints that seem to be manipulated, it assists in identifying linguistic patterns, narrative inconsistencies, and signs of deceit.  This essay investigates how narrative manipulation using forensic linguistic analysis can reveal the abuse of protective laws.