-Outlook Gujarat government will be launching `Help Emergency Assistance Rescue Terminal' (HEART), a helpline which would enable women seek police help instantaneously through mobile phones. Additional Chief Secretary, Home, S K Nanda told PTI that the helpline would be launched on March 8. Initially, it would be operated in Ahmedabad on a pilot basis before being tried in other parts of the state. The toll-free helpline number would be announced on the same...
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Why RTI needs to be supreme -Shailesh Gandhi
-The Hindustan Times In a recent order, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by the Karnataka information commissioner as “frivolous”. It also went on to impose costs of Rs. 1 lakh. A closer analysis proves that this case has far reaching implications for the fundamental rights of a citizen, rights that have been codified in the Right to Information Act. The particulars are as follows. A Right to Information (RTI) applicant...
More »Don't allow Armymen to take cover under AFSPA, says Verma -Smriti Kak Ramachandran
-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...
More »Justice Verma panel suggests amendments to AFSPA
-The Times of India Taking strong cognizance of sexual offences committed by armed forces personnel in conflict zones, Justice J S Verma committee report has not only recommended amendments to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) but even questioned its continuance in such areas. The report has recommended that the Act's provision of seeking sanction from the central government before initiating any legal action against an armed forces personnel should be...
More »A minor gang-rape victim’s harrowing tale of police apathy -Sowmiya Ashok
-The Hindu For this 14-year-old, her life as she knew it has come to an end: she dropped out of school, she cannot interact with any of her friends or even walk freely in her neighbourhood but she still nurtures the dream of becoming a police officer when she grows up. Her resolve to join the force is despite the kind of treatment meted out to her by the Delhi Police...
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