-The Hindu Although it has left some crucial questions unanswered, the Verma Committee report is a big step forward in the struggle for women’s rights The UPA government has perhaps got more than what it bargained for from the committee it set up, headed by the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice J.S. Verma, in the wake of the public outrage following the horrific Delhi gang rape. The government had...
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Justice JS Verma, former Chief Justice of India interviewed by Aman Sharma
-The Economic Times Justice JS Verma says women remain unsafe because of poor governance, not dearth of laws, in an interview with ET. The former Chief Justice of India, who headed the three-member committee to suggest measures for a safer environment for women, had submitted his panel's report in just 29 days, and wants the government to act in the same time: * Do you expect the govt to implement your recommendations...
More »Make investigating officers, prosecutors accountable in Rape cases: Gujarat HC
-The Indian Express Ahmedabad: Coming down heavily on the police and prosecutors for their "casualness" in handling of Rape cases, the Gujarat High Court has said they should be held accountable if they "fail the victims in securing justice". "It is high time the investigating officer as well as the prosecutor concerned are held accountable, and appropriate actions taken against them after affording them opportunity of being heard and explain the circumstances...
More »Exempt disabled women from coming to police station: Verma panel-Aarti Dhar
-The Hindu Police can record complaint of such woman at her residence Considering the difficulties encountered by physically challenged women at each stage of the criminal-legal process, right from filing an FIR to testifying in court during trial, the Justice J.S. Verma Committee has recommended that they be exempted from coming to the police station and making repeated visits to courts for testimony. In its report, the committee said that when a physically...
More »High Court to form Benches to try cases of atrocities against women
-The Hindu Kochi: The Kerala High Court will form a Single Bench and a Division Bench to deal exclusively with cases pertaining to atrocities against women, Manjula Chellur, Chief Justice of the High Court, said here on Sunday. She was speaking at a legal workshop organised by the Kerala State Legal Services Authority on focus on care-giving as fundamental to the Juvenile Justice Act. Referring to the gang rape of a young woman...
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