-Scroll.in It takes an average of eight years to investigate complaints of corruption against central government officials. When the Bharatiya Janata Party ascended to power at the Centre in 2014, it was helped enormously by a wave of anti-corruption sentiment that has swept India. In the run-up to the election, prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi promised to prosecute all corrupt officials and politicians – including those from his own party. During...
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Of crime and punishment -Mukul Sanwal
-The Hindu Low conviction rates and a lack of a lawful definition of crime mark criminal administration in India Police reform in India has been concerned with political interference ever since the landmark Supreme Court judgement, in 2006, on the subject. The focus should really be on reorganising criminal administration. The annual publication of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), “Crime in India 2016”, which was released recently, presents a dismal picture of...
More »Law And Immunity -Rajshree Chandra
-The Indian Express Move to criminalise cyber speech will add impunity to power How to police a cyber space that has acquired the instincts of Frankenstein’s monster? In pursuit of answers, an expert committee submitted an interim report to the Union Home Ministry a couple of weeks ago. The recommended amendments to the Indian Penal Code (IPC) are noteworthy for two reasons. One, they bring within the ambit of IPC (through amendments...
More »With Prices Rising Post-GST, Has the Government Taken the Public for a Ride? -Arun Kumar
-TheWire.in The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is awfully complex and has confused not only businesses and the public, but also the government. Have prices of goods and services risen because the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is faulty or because it was not designed properly? Eighteen percent GST is levied on the food in a restaurant. This has raised the cost of eating out. Is this what was...
More »Aadhaar is free, but enrolment centres fleece applicants -Neha Lalchandani
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: You need an Aadhaar number to buy a phone SIM and open a bank account, but as people rush to enroll, some registration centres in the capital are illegally charging them hundreds of rupees for the service that is meant to be free. TOI found centres fleecing applicants in many places. In the Lal Kuan area of Badarpur, South Delhi, Laxmi, who earns Rs 150-200 a...
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