-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a bid to ensure timely and accurate entry of crime related data in its system, Delhi Police is in the process of creating cells at police station levels. The developments were shared during the crime review meeting held by lieutenant governor Anil Bainjal, along with senior police officers of Delhi Police, led by its commissioner Amulya Patnaik. Senior officers said that phase-I of the Crime...
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Why India has a ‘low’ crime rate -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express While Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands display high numbers of criminal activity, India stands with Yemen and Lebanon in the lower zone. Last month, when women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi was pushing through amendments to Juvenile Justice Act in Parliament that would lower the age of culpability as an adult from 18 to 16, she cited a rising number of crimes by juveniles. In the year...
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-The Times of India NEW DELHI: About 526 cases of sexual harassment of women at workplace were reported during 2014, the government said on Friday. Of these, 57 cases were reported in office premises and 469 were registered at other places related to work, minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi said. She said the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 casts responsibility on the appropriate...
More »Going from Zero FIRs to e-FIRs -Aparna Viswanathan
-The Hindu The government must allow the online filing of first information reports in rape cases as that alone will ensure mandatory and automatic registration of complaints On January 18, 2013, Delhi police chief Neeraj Kumar announced that Zero First Information Reports (FIRs) may be registered on the basis of a woman’s statement at any police station irrespective of jurisdiction. This means women can file an FIR at any police station and...
More »Rise in India's crime graph by five per cent in 2010
-The Hindu Cases of crime under various categories in the country increased by about 5 per cent last year as compared to 2009, according to a publication of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Besides, road accidents alone claimed 1.33 lakh lives last year, an increase of 5.5 per cent over 2009 that saw 1.26 lakh deaths. According to “Crime in India 2010,” a total of 22,24,831 crimes were reported under the...
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