-The Hindu “What is important is whether the police are serious about crimes against women” “Increasing the enormity of punishment in cases involving crimes against women will not solve the issue of rising crime against women,” Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said here on Monday, adding that there was no scientific basis to it. “What is important is whether the police are serious about such crimes, how quickly the matter is tried in a...
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CBI claims exemption from disclosing corruption info under RTI
-PTI CBI has approached the Delhi high court claiming protection from disclosure of information held by it on allegations of corruption under the Right to Information Act. The CBI's move to approach the Delhi high court came on a Central Information ComMISsion decision allowing RTI plea of activist CJ Karira who had sought information related to status of sanction for prosecution against public servants facing allegations of corruption during 2007-11. Ironically, the information...
More »Rural cops to keep complaint box at girls' schools -Soumittra S Bose
-The Times of India NAGPUR: The rural police, under a project to empower women and initiate village-based community service, have adopted a policy to reach out to young girls through various means. Roping in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the rural police plan to place complaint boxes in 426 girls' school in the district and set up a mobile library. In the backdrop of the shocking gang rape and dacoity at Kuhi last month,...
More »Suryanelli victim to move court
-The Hindu Alleged involvement of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien KOTTAYAM: The victim in the Suryanelli sex-scandal case and those close to her are considering taking legal recourse seeking further investigation into the alleged involvement of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien in the case. Those close to the victim say they have two options before them, one being to approach the court at Munnar, where the original case was registered, invoking...
More »An execution most foul-TR Andhyarujina
-The Hindu In carrying out Afzal Guru’s death sentence, the government deliberately ignored the view of the Supreme Court and courts across the world that hanging a person after holding him in custody for years is inhuman The execution of Afzal Guru on February 9, 2013 was an inhumane act by the Government of India. Afzal Guru was hanged seven years after the Supreme Court’s pronouncement of the death sentence on him...
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