Rajshri Rai

The National Crime Records Bureau’s latest data for 2020 is worrisome in many respects. As compared to last year, there has been an increase of 28 percent in the total cases of crimes in the country. The number of cases registered under the SC/ST sections has also increased last year. Uttar Pradesh tops the list in crimes against women.

August 31, 2021, saw the dawn of a new era for the Indian judiciary. Three women judges, along with six male counterparts, were sworn in at the SC by CJI NV Ramana. This was significant as the representation of women in the judiciary has always been poor. By these appointments, the collegium has made a policy statement of sorts. APN news channel did an in-depth discussion on the topic of women in the judiciary, their problems and challenges. The show was moderated by Editor-in-Chief, APN, Rajshri Rai.

The effort to fast track the justice dispensation system has reached at a crossroad. The trials of tribunals are no less than that of the fast-track courts (FTCs). Both have got entangled in a web of bureaucratic red-tapism and suffered policy mismatch and confusion. The legal experts on the India Legal.

Beginning this Independence Day, the country should see a slow deregulation of high-speed internet services across the Union Territory of J&K. This is what the centre told the Supreme Court during a contempt hearing in this case.

The second in a series of legal awareness programmes organised by APN News, India Legal and ICADR looks at the sorry state of migrants and how this can be prevented in future

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Justice Kurian Joseph, a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India, feels that as the use of cyberspace increasingly becomes the norm, there should be the realisation that prevention is better than cure. “The nature of crime is changing day by day. This is one area we need to take precautions

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