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Hyderabad cops wake up to handling juvenile cases sensitively -Mahesh Buddi

-The Times of India HYDERABAD: Police have finally become sensitive to juvenile offenders and victims, with cops now being trained to be appointed as special juvenile police officers (SJPO) at law and order police stations. As per the recently published National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, the united Andhra Pradesh stood third after Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in number of juvenile offenders sent to court. In 2013, the Andhra Pradesh police had...

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1 lakh children go missing in India every year: Home ministry

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: On February 5, 2013, a Supreme Court bench, angry over 1.7 lakh missing children and the government's apathy towards the issue, had remarked: "Nobody seems to care about missing children. This is the irony." Close to one and a half years later, government data show over 1.5 lakh more children have gone missing, and the situation remains the same with an average of 45% of them...

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Northeast migrant law call -Nishit Dholabhai

-The Telegraph New Delhi: The M.P. Bezbaruah committee suggested in its report to the Centre last month that a law be drafted specifically to prevent discrimination against people from the Northeast living outside the region. The panel was set up after the lynching of Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar in January this year. So far, only the committee's push for a debate on the need for an anti-racism...

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Dalit wedding fetes face feudal rage in Rajasthan -Aarti Dhar

-The Hindu Jaipur (Rajasthan): It was Jaipal's wedding at Gugal Kota in Alwar on June 21. His father, Roshan Lal, made him ride a decorated horse, at the head of the wedding party, to the bride's home. But the Rajputs in the village disliked such a celebration by a Dalit family and they would not allow it to go on. Mr. Jaipal was pulled down from the horse on the road and...

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UN watchdog accuses India of 'dereliction of duty' over rapes

 -AFP   GENEVA: Indian law enforcement and justice authorities have shirked their responsibility to fight sex attacks, a UN child rights watchdog said on Thursday, amid uproar over the horrific gang-rape and lynching of two girls.   "There has been a dereliction of duty in relation to rape cases," said Benyam Mezmur, deputy chairman of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. India has been struggling to overcome its reputation for sexual violence...

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