-The Hindu The country is ranked third in the South Asian region. India figures in the top 50 countries in the world for an effective criminal justice system, according to a new study that ranks countries on how the rule of law is experienced by citizens. However, the study finds that it is among the worst performing countries when it comes to civil justice. The Rule of Law Index 2015, released by the U.S.-based...
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73% of Indian cops get no weekly off: Study -Neeraj Chauhan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: If a police officer in your area doesn't work efficiently and has an offensive attitude, it is because he is overworked, a new study has said. The study, 'National Requirement of Manpower for 8-hour Shift in Police Stations', carried out by Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) and Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) has found that 90% of police officers work for more than...
More »Rapes, women’s abductions in Mumbai rise sharply this year -V Narayan
-The Times of India MUMBAI: A statistical study of Crime in Mumbai in the first three months of 2015 shows that abductions of women rose more than one-and-a-half times (165%) over the same period last year. The response to the right to information (RTI) query also revealed that cases of rapes increased by 43%, although the number of gang-rape cases dropped from seven to four. The data sought by activist Chetan Kothari...
More »Records may not show, but women farmers dying too -Priyanka Kakodkar
-The Times of India AKOLA: For the last 23 years, Rukhmabai Rathod had run her 6-acre farm virtually single-handedly. After her husband's death in 1992, the uneducated but determined woman took charge. She decided what to sow, how much to spend and stood her ground with banks and creditors. "She was anguthachaap but she understood everything," says her brother-in-law Babulal Rathod from the Kazadeshwar village in Vidarbha's Akola district. "I didn't think...
More »Delhi: Gang that forged papers for EWS admission had links with schools -Ananya Bhardwaj
-Hindustan Times New Delhi: The police have identified the gang that helped its clients procure fake and forged documents to obtain admissions for nursery seats under the economically weaker section (EWS) category in the Capital. Police sources said that the kingpin of the gang is a woman called Punita. She has a team of six members who procured forged income certificates for their clients and sold it to them for several lakhs. Investigation...
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