-NDTV The local Police inspector allegedly threatened to file charges under the National Security Act against Irshad Khan if he continued to post about pollution on social media. Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh): Cities in Uttar Pradesh may be topping the air pollution charts this season, but their Police seem to have other priorities in mind. A tweet by a differently abled student to draw attention to an instance of stubble burning in...
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In six charts: The state of justice in India -Nithya Subramanian
-Scroll.in A poorly-functioning justice system costs India 9% of its GDP each year, according to one estimate. A new report paints a grim picture of the state of India’s justice system. Called the India Justice Report 2019, it ranks states by their performance in four aspects: Police, the state judiciary, prisons and legal aid. The report is an initiative of Tata Trusts, a philanthropic organisation, undertaken in partnership with several civil society organisations...
More »UPPCL EPF investment scam: Addresses of 5 out of 14 brokerage firms found fake -Rohit K Singh
-Hindustan Times In a startling revelation, the addresses of five out of 14 investment brokerage firms – hired by UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) authorities for investment of employees’ provident fund – were found to be fake, said senior officials UP Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW). These 14 firms were hired by UPPCL authorities since March 2017 for investment of employees’ PF in Mumbai-based Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL), said an...
More »Four pillars of Indian justice system miss one major force- Women -Shreehari Paliath
-India Spend/ Business Standard The India Justice Report by Tata Trusts released on November 7, 2019, finds women poorly represented, accounting for 7 per cent of the Police 10 per cent of prison staff At the current rate, nine Indian states will take more than 50 years to increase the share of women in their Police forces to 33 per cent, as recommended, a new report estimates. While Madhya Pradesh will take...
More »UP, Bihar at bottom of India's justice league -Nikhil Rampal
-IndiaToday.in Law and order has always been a major concern in the two big states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Despite claims of improvement over the years by respective state leaderships, a recent report by Tata Trusts has statistically proven that these two states have the worst justice system in India. The study, titled India Justice Report, which Tata Trusts published on Thursday, developed an index of justice system across the country...
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