-The Hindustan Times The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered the Delhi Police to probe the alleged sodomy of seven-year-old HIV positive boy by three seniors at a welfare home for boys. The alleged incident took place at the Delhi government-run home at Alipur three weeks ago. "The incident is serious. Let a detailed report be filed before the court after thorough investigation," a bench headed by Justice SK Kaul told Delhi...
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Face of 2002 riots moves court against Leander Paes starrer film
-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: Qutubuddin Ansari, the face of the Gujarat riots, on Thursday filed a criminal complaint against makers of tennis star Leander Paes' debut movie - 'Rajdhani Express' for using without permission his famous photograph with tears in his eyes and begging for protection with folded hands during the 2002 riots. Ansari has complained before the metropolitan court that his photograph has been used to "sensationalize the film", but...
More »Regulators are sometimes too close to industry: Hari Narayan-Deepti Bhaskaran
-Live Mint Former Irda chief spells out the problems with regulating the insurance sector in an interview Regulators are sometimes not too keen on laying down the law because they may be too close to the industry that they are charged with making sure is complying with rules, said J. Hari Narayan, who stepped down on Wednesday as chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda). “There is a lot going on...
More »Facing extinction: A Madhya Pradesh tribe that cannot conceive -P Naveen
-The Times of India HARRAI: The Khairwar tribe in this remote village of Madhya Pradesh is on the verge of extinction because of the tribe members' inability to conceive. In the past five decades, villagers say, there has been only one birth in the tribe. And that child too -- born in 2011 -- died within a year. Why are the members of this community not able to have children? Locals attribute...
More »Even minor offences against dalits may invite harsher penalty -Subodh Ghildiyal
-The Times of India Soon, even minor offences against dalits will come with higher costs. The government is planning to include under the Prevention of Atrocities Act offences that attract less than 10-year jail term, a move that would compound the punishment since offences under the Act are non-bailable and are tried under special courts. Presently, only crimes with more than 10-year term under IPC, with some exceptions, fall under the atrocities...
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