-Frontline Swagata Raha, a senior legal researcher (Consultant) at the Centre for Child and the Law, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, said the Juvenile Justice Bill, 2015, “incorrectly assumes that children are competent to stand trial as adults”. Currently pursuing Master of Studies in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford, Swagata Raha worked extensively on the campaign against the Juvenile Justice Bill and has written extensively...
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Juvenile crime share static: Govt’s own data contradicts Minister Maneka’s claim -Deeptiman Tiwary & Shalini Nair
-The Indian Express NCRB figures also show that over the last ten years, the juvenile crime rate fluctuated marginally from 1% in 2004-05 to 1.2% in 2008 and down to 1% in 2010. As the government prepares to implement the amended Juvenile Justice Act and consider those above 16 who commit “heinous crimes” as adults, it will do well to revisit its own data for some crucial reminders. Data from the National...
More »States fail to implement MDMS with vigour, finds CAG report
In its performance audit of the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) carried out in 27 states (except Mizoram) and 7 Union Territories (UTs) during the period 2009-10 to 2013-14, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has observed that the provision of noon meals in public schools could not stop children's enrolment in private schools because quality of education imparted is a major concern among the guardians. (Please check the...
More »CAG Finds Mid-day Meal Scheme Stats Cooked Up
-The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has unearthed widespread ‘leaks’ in the mid-day meal scheme and slammed the programme saying that it had made “institutional exaggeration” of figures pertaining to students. In its report tabled in Parliament on Friday, the CAG said the scheme was no longer effective in getting poor children to school. The audit “evidenced an institutional exaggeration of figures” regarding students taking meals, irregular...
More »Maharashtra tops in number of women arrested for murder -V Narayan
-The Times of India MUMBAI: The Sheena Bora murder case, in which her mother Indrani Mukerjea is an accused, is not an isolated incident involving a woman in a serious crime. Last year, as many as 579 women were arrested for murder in Maharashtra. Although way below the number of men arrested for the same crime in the same period (5,187), it is the highest for any state. The crime report for 2014...
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