-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday approved projects worth Rs 2,919 crore under the Nirbhaya Fund for creating “safe cities” with special focus on women safety in public spaces and quick response systems to create deterrence against crime. Eight cities where these initiatives will take shape include Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Lucknow. Between 2013 and 2017, the corpus of Nirbhaya Fund has grown to...
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Bid to 'disrobe' women: Odisha tops national list -Sampad Patnaik
-The Indian Express Police say that in many cases, including in Baripada, Bargarh and Bhubaneswar, the women targeted were in the company of men not related to them. “I CANNOT talk about it because I want to forget it. I have been humiliated enough,” says the girl, gesturing to her family members to not talk about the incident. Her molesters had even uploaded a video of her being forcibly stripped in...
More »Of crime and punishment -Mukul Sanwal
-The Hindu Low conviction rates and a lack of a lawful definition of crime mark criminal administration in India Police reform in India has been concerned with political interference ever since the landmark Supreme Court judgement, in 2006, on the subject. The focus should really be on reorganising criminal administration. The annual publication of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), “Crime in India 2016”, which was released recently, presents a dismal picture of...
More »Top cop: Numbers high due to free, fair registration of crime -Neeraj Chauhan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The NCRB data projects the national capital as crime hub when compared to 18 other metropolitan cities, however, Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik feels otherwise. Speaking to TOI, Patnaik said, "We have free and fair registration of crime due to which our numbers look so high. Also, over the past two years, we have facilitated online registration of property and motor vehicles-related crime, which form a...
More »Should Rajasthan's Open Prisons Be Replicated Across the Country? -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in A new report has recommended extending the scheme to all women, aged and infirm undertrials, claiming that it has many social and economic benefits for both the state and the inmates. A study on open prisons and parole practices in Rajasthan suggests that the “successful system,” operational in the state since 1955, be emulated across the country. The study, initiated by the Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority (RSLSA) and Rajasthan high court...
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