Yashita Parekh, Mahindra University ABSTRACT At the intersection of corporate criminal liability and criminal law, there is a tension between the requirement of mens rea (guilty mind) and the reality that corporations do not commit crimes (lack mens rea) on their own. This article traces the genealogy of corporate criminal liability through the United Kingdom, United States, India and Australia since the notion of corporations being incapable of committing crimes, societas delinquere non...