-The Hindu The government must allow the online filing of first information reports in rape cases as that alone will ensure mandatory and automatic registration of complaints On January 18, 2013, Delhi police chief Neeraj Kumar announced that Zero First Information Reports (FIRs) may be registered on the basis of a woman’s statement at any police station irrespective of jurisdiction. This means women can file an FIR at any police station and...
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SC bans tourists in Jarawa land -J Venkatesan
-The Hindu Order follows Andaman and Nicobar Administration’s January 17 notification The Supreme Court on Monday banned tourists from taking the Andaman Nicobar Trunk Road that passes through the area where the Jarawas live. The road is used to reach the Limestone Cave. The court has already banned all commercial and tourism activities within a five-km radius of the Jarawa Tribal Reserve on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. A Bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi...
More »Learning to teach -S Giridhar
-The Indian Express ASER’s findings highlight the dismal state of school education. Improving teacher training programmes could lead to better outcomes I remember Rukmini Banerji of Pratham telling us in 2005 that ASER the Annual Status of Education Report — will be a national survey that will hold up a mirror to the condition of education in India and shake us into urgent action. For nine years now, every January, ASER is...
More »Delhi rape: Verma panel report may haul up police, Delhi govt -Nagendar Sharma
-The Hindustan Times The Delhi Police, the Delhi government and some central departments are likely to face the flak in Justice Verma two-volume report. The report will be submitted to the home ministry and will be made public on Wednesday. Exactly a month after it was set up, the panel headed by former chief justice of India JS Verma, with former High Court chief justice Leila Seth and former solicitor general Gopal...
More »Protests justified, wish I was there, my nephew was beaten up: CJI
-The Indian Express Maintaining that the “public upsurge” against the Delhi gangrape incident was “justified”, Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir Monday said, “I wish I could also have been there, but I can’t.” He said his nephew was also “beaten up” during the protest at India Gate which was “hijacked” later. “What happened that day is not new, it has been happening, but it caught the imagination of the people and...
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