Greedy lawyers and lack of awareness condemn women undertrials twice over Kanimozhis All? Total number of male and female convicts in India: 1,23,941; Number of undertrials: 2,50,204 Number of female prisoners: 15,406; Female undertrials: 10,687 Female prisoners compromise 4.1 per cent of the prison population 469 women convicts with their 556 children and 1,196 undertrials with their 1,314 children are in prisons across the country Official capacity of prisons in...
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In the year and now by Ramachandra Guha
The Republic of India has a billion (and more) citizens who, at any given time, are involved in a thousand (and more) controversies. Knowing which controversy is the most significant is always hard, and often impossible, to judge. Even so, we can be fairly certain that 2011 will go down in Indian history as the year of the Great Lokpal Debate, just as 1962 was the year of the war...
More »Over 1,500 died in custody: NHRC by Vijaita Singh
As many as 1,574 people were killed in custody in the past year, according to the data released by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Uttar Pradesh topped the list with 331 deaths being reported in both police and judicial custody. The data was submitted in the ongoing session of the Rajya Sabha in response to MP H K Dua’s query to the Ministry of Home Affairs. The record number of 316...
More »2G trial moves to Tihar, accused upset
-The Telegraph The 2G trial will be held within Tihar Jail from Thursday with Delhi High Court ordering the shift of the special court from its existing location in the heart of the capital. The relocation stunned most of the accused, including former telecom minister A. Raja as well as his DMK colleague and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi. Other accused joined the duo in protesting the move. Special judge .P. Saini announced the...
More »2G scam: Supreme Court grants bail to 5 corporate honchos by Dhananjay Mahapatra
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to Unitech's Sanjay Chandra, Swan Telecom's Vinod Goenka and top Reliance ADAG executives Gautam Doshi, Hari Nair and Surendra Pipara in the 2G scam case. The judgment was delivered by a bench of Justices G S Singhvi and H L Dattu on Wednesday morning. The apex court asked each accused to give a bail bond of Rs 5 lakhs with 2 sureties each. This is the...
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