On why the Supreme Court’s judgment prescribing death penalty to the convicts in Encounter death cases does not really address the problem. A tale of two dams. Why Jairam Ramesh’s order lifting the stay on …
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*The encounter guidelines case in the Supreme Court (PUCL v. State of Maharashtra)is taking an interesting turn with almost all the States and the UOI having responded to PUCL/Prashant Bhushan’s 20 draft guidelines, which are …
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Truth about encounters
There is an excellent piece by Rajesh Kasturirangan at India Together on the truth about encounters. While I agree with him substantially that in practice the line between genuine and fake encounters is often blurred, …
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How magazines covered encounter deaths
The issue of encounter deaths or extra-judicial killings has never been a subject of serious probe for Indian journalists until the Tamang Report on the 2004 killing of Ishrat Jahan and three others was made …
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