-The Hindu “Personnel guilty of sexual offences in conflict areas should be tried under ordinary criminal law” The Justice J.S. Verma Committee, set up to suggest amendments to laws relating to crimes against women, has recommended review of the continuance of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in the context of extending legal protection to women in conflict areas. “There is an imminent need to review the continuance of the AFSPA and...
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-The Indian Express The Delhi gangrape that set off waves of determined protest may now be on the way to bringing enduring change. The government-appointed committee, headed by Justice J.S. Verma, to consider ways in which women’s safety and freedoms were at risk, and how they could be strengthened, has submitted its report within a month. Now, it is up to the political class to assess and implement these suggestions with...
More »Supreme Court bars entry of tourists in Jarawa tribe habitat -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India The Supreme Court on Monday wanted to know from Andaman & Nicobar Island administration whether it intended to keep in isolation the extremely endangered Jarawa tribe, which numbered just over 300, and banned all tourist movement in their habitat. "We need to know the policy of the government. Whether they want the Jarawas to be kept in isolation or to be assimilated in the mainstream," asked a bench...
More »Tribals continue to desert Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh -Satyanarayan Pattnaik
-The Times of India KORAPUT: Tribals in Koraput's Narayanpatna continue to desert Maoist-backed Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) expressing their desire to join the mainstream. In the latest incident, at least 63 tribals approached SP ( Koraput) Awinash Kumar on Saturday and vowed not to return to the sangh. Instead they said they would cooperate with the administration in its developmental activities. While as many as 12 tribals had deserted the sangh...
More »'Many Delhi Buses, Autos Registered Under Fake Addresses'
-Outlook A parliamentary panel, probing road safety issues in the aftermath of the Delhi gangrape case, has expressed serious concern over cases of a large number of buses and autorickshaws in Delhi being registered under fake addresses. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, headed by CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury, felt that criminals got away easily taking advantage of the duality and multiplicity of the policing and security system in the national capital. It...
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