-The Hindustan Times For the past three years, Kunwar Pal is looking for his missing 12-year-old son. He tries to follow every lead that he gets and travels across the city and nearby towns in the search of his son who went missing in November 2003 from Sangam Vihar in south Delhi. He regularly visits the Police station, where he had registered a missing persons' complaint and pastes photos of his son...
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Delhi rape case judge convicted rarely, but fingers point at Police-Rukmini S
-The Hindu In many cases, witnesses turned hostile, or Police statements didn't match victim statements The judge who convicted four men for the gang rape and murder of a Delhi girl had handed down only two other rape convictions in the last five years, court data shows. However, this record seems to raise more questions about the investigation process than the legal process. Supreme Court advocate K. V. Dhananjay with a team of...
More »Gangrape verdict today, 20 of 23 cases in same court ended in acquittals -DK Rituraj
-The Indian Express On Friday afternoon, Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna will sentence the four men he found guilty in the December 16 gangrape case, bringing to an end a fast-track trial closely followed across the country. Of the 23 rape cases Khanna heard this year at the Saket court, this is only the third to result in conviction. In 20 cases, the accused were let off, mainly because the evidence...
More »Let's All Come To The Party-Anjali Bhardwaj, Amrita Johri and Shekhar Singh
-Outlook Transparency promotes democracy, more the reason for political parties to come under RTI Act's purview There was great public outrage when legislators in Mumbai beat up an assistant Police inspector because he stopped an MLA's car for speeding on the Bandra-Worli sealink. The sentiment was: What arrogance! How can lawmakers have so little respect for the laws they themselves made? However, the amendment in Parliament aimed at removing political parties...
More »Owning the streets -Sharit K Bhowmik
-The Indian Express The street vending bill goes a long way in securing the livelihood of the urban poor. The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, passed by Lok Sabha on September 6, 2013, is a landmark piece of legislation for the urban poor. It is the culmination of the efforts of organisations like the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) and the Self...
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