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Tag: Torture

Prevention of Torture Bill

On June 16, 2010 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Readers who have been following the debate on the Prevention of Torture Bill with us will be interested in Arun Ferreira’s recent article in the EPW, which, reflecting the concerns already highlighted on this blog, …

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Prevention of Torture Bill 2010: Designed to Fail

On May 19, 2010 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

This blog has, in an earlier post, discussed the draft Prevention of Torture Bill 2008 [See the Asian Centre for Human Rights Report on this draft Bill]. In the last session of Parliament, the government …

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Lalgarh and the Police State

On June 20, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Press reports tell us that security forces are ‘set to take control’ of Lalgarh in a few hours. It seems that the various groups involved in the conflict include ‘Maoists’, ‘CPM-supporters’, ‘Trinamool-supporters’ and the ‘police’. …

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Prevention of Torture Bill 2008, and transparent law-making

On April 25, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Several readers have enquired about the draft Prevention of Torture Bill 2008, mentioned in my article on impunity provisions. This blog discussed the possibility of bipartisan consensus on outlawing torture in the aftermath of the …

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Defending the new arrest law: Responding to critiques by lawyers and feminists

On January 23, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act 2008 has come under much criticism. Having received presidential assent, it only needs notification by the government to be enforced. At the heart of the controversy is the …

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On torture

On November 22, 2008 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

It is not very often that the BJP raises the issue of torture (this is not to say that other political parties are particularly vocal on it either). Advani’s statements on the alleged torture of …

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