-The Indian Express India’s young have picked up mantle of an older battle — for a country that is equal, just and kind The surge of protests in every corner of the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens will be remembered as an iridescent, significant moment in the journey of the republic. This is because these are, at their core, popular moral assertions founded on...
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Doctors to cops: Don't meddle -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph At least 3 doctors who had visited Daryaganj Police Station on Friday night were initially denied access to the detainees The Indian Medical Association (IMA), the country’s largest body of doctors, has condemned what it said were “disturbing” incidents of police trying to obstruct doctors from providing medical attention to victims of police violence during the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. IMA office-bearers said they had received reports from association...
More »A law alone will not serve as a panacea against torture by police in India -Yashovardhan Azad
-The Indian Express What is needed is ‘ease of policing’, better training and infrastructure Common Cause’s recent survey on the Status of Policing in India is said to have affirmed that the black sheep in the police force find nothing wrong with beating up criminals to extract a confession. It is still, however, too judgemental to suggest that torture is endemic to Indian policing, as Maja Daruwala does (‘Exorcising third-degree’, IE,...
More »Stress, apathetic attitude taking toll on policing: Study -Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa
-Hindustan Times More than one-third of police personnel would be willing to give up their profession if they were given a chance to join another job with the same salaries and perks, the survey found. A survey conducted across 21 Indian states by non-governmental organisations Common Cause and Lokniti – Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), has found police personnel to be under stress due to workload, poor work-life balance,...
More »To become a just society, strike a balance between firm and fair law enforcement -Vipul Mudgal
-Hindustan Times A study shows glaring gaps in Indian policing — from unfilled quotas of SC/STs to a dip in women officers. The rule of law has two extremes: a failed State and a police State. A failed State loses control over law and order as its monopoly slips over the use of physical force. The latter commands complete control, but ends up abusing State machinery for repression. Both extremes suffer...
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