NEED TO CURB POLICE POWER TO REGISTER F.I.R.

The words of Sir William Blackstone that “ It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer” is always a guiding principle for a Judge to dispense justice. The Code of Criminal Procedure empowers the police to register a criminal case in the...

Criminalisation of Punjab Police

Ever since the increasing criminal activities of men in force in the State of Punjab have forced every peace-loving citizen to find a solution in taming the outlaws, various issues have come to the fore calling urgent remedial action. With more than 1700 petitions...

TADA—A MONSTER HANDCUFFING HUMAN RIGHTS

“The Rowlatt Act is far fairer and whatever the situation in Punjab, a pan Indian criminal procedure prescribed by this special legislation, TADA, must shock the conscience of those who hold humanist values of justicing inalienable.” …….. Justice V.R.Krishana Iyer...

Case Studies of Cops Conviction in Punjab

It is not the severity of the punishment that acts as a deterrent.It is its inevitability It was a pleasant surprise for every justice loving citizen when one heard the news of the conviction of a senior police officer of Punjab police in a triple murder case. The...

Why I walked to work

On Thursday, 26 of September 2002, I walked to work. I walked because a national bandh was called by the so-called powers that be; And there were no buses, trains or taxis to take; Because two ‘terrorists’ had entered into the Swami Narayan Temple and killed several...