-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Manipur government how long the Army should be deployed in the state and enjoy unaccountable power under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and whether 35 years of the Army's presence had improved the law and order situation. The court had appointed a high-level inquiry committee headed by an ex-judge of the SC to inquire into allegations that...
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Why India has a ‘low’ crime rate -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express While Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands display high numbers of criminal activity, India stands with Yemen and Lebanon in the lower zone. Last month, when women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi was pushing through amendments to Juvenile Justice Act in Parliament that would lower the age of culpability as an adult from 18 to 16, she cited a rising number of crimes by juveniles. In the year...
More »In MP, 1 officer caught everyday for taking bribe -Amarjeet Singh
-The Times of India BHOPAL: In what is a shocking reminder on rampant corruption among babus in Madhya Pradesh, the official figures of special police establishment (SPE), lokayukta, reveals that at least one official was caught taking bribe every day in the year 2015. And this is the consecutive third year when the average is close to one 'babu' being caught everyday while taking bribe. As per the official figures a total...
More »CSIR's proposal to combat Delhi's pollution -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu The research lab claims their idea will be more effective that Delhi's proposed odd-even licence-plate policing. A mid-week work-from-home, rather than licence-plate policing, may be the solution to Delhi’s pollution crisis, suggests the policy arm of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, India’s largest chain of publicly-funded research labs. The Delhi government's plan to impose restrictions on private car usage, to check air pollution, may be harder to implement and...
More »Juvenile crime share static: Govt’s own data contradicts Minister Maneka’s claim -Deeptiman Tiwary & Shalini Nair
-The Indian Express NCRB figures also show that over the last ten years, the juvenile crime rate fluctuated marginally from 1% in 2004-05 to 1.2% in 2008 and down to 1% in 2010. As the government prepares to implement the amended Juvenile Justice Act and consider those above 16 who commit “heinous crimes” as adults, it will do well to revisit its own data for some crucial reminders. Data from the National...
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