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Jharkhand court convicts 11, including BJP worker, for lynching man over beef in Ramgarh

-Scroll.in They had beaten a 55-year-old man to death in June 2017 on suspicion of carrying beef in his van. A Jharkhand court on Friday convicted a local Bharatiya Janata Party worker and 10 others for lynching a Muslim trader in June 2017. The convicts had beaten a 55-year-old man to death in Ramgarh district on suspicion of carrying beef in his van. A petition the prosecution filed to treat a 12th...

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Rajasthan withdraws Bill to gag media and shield judges, government servants -Mohammad Hamza Khan

-The Indian Express In a reply to the Budget debate in the Assembly, Vasundhara Raje said, "We sent the Bill to the Select Committee, we let the ordinance lapse and today it is not law, what should we withdraw? But we are still withdrawing it.” Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Monday announced the withdrawal of a controversial Bill that sought to gag the media and shield judges and government servants from...

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Relief for netas in 2013 Muzaffarnagar riot cases? -Arvind Chauhan

-The Times of India AGRA: The Uttar Pradesh government has sent out letters to the Muzaffarnagar DM and SSP asking for their views on the withdrawal of criminal cases against BJP leaders, some of them ministers now, allegedly involved in the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013 that rendered more than 50,000 homeless and left 63 dead. The letter, sent from the office of the special secretary, Raj Singh, in the department of justice,...

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War on graft? Modi government has punished only 12 corrupt IAS officers in three years -Nitin Sethi

-Scroll.in It takes an average of eight years to investigate complaints of corruption against central government officials. When the Bharatiya Janata Party ascended to power at the Centre in 2014, it was helped enormously by a wave of anti-corruption sentiment that has swept India. In the run-up to the election, prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi promised to prosecute all corrupt officials and politicians – including those from his own party. During...

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Of crime and punishment -Mukul Sanwal

-The Hindu Low conviction rates and a lack of a lawful definition of crime mark criminal administration in India Police reform in India has been concerned with political interference ever since the landmark Supreme Court judgement, in 2006, on the subject. The focus should really be on reorganising criminal administration. The annual publication of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), “Crime in India 2016”, which was released recently, presents a dismal picture of...

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