CUSTODIAL TORTURES AND DEATH IN INDIA Author : Monalisha Singh Custodial death is very old concept which is prevalent in India since the British rule. Custodial death is an abrogation of human rights and a gross violation of human rights of the prisoners. This is completely against the law that prisoners are tortured physically in
Author :- Ekamjot Kaur of Punjab University Chandigarh INTRODUCTION The account given by UP Police of the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey who had 62 criminal cases pending against him before his gang shot dead 8 policemen on the intervening night of July 2 and 3 has raised many eyebrows. According to the Police version
On the recent account of transgression of police a revival application of landmark judgement in DK Basu v. State of West Bengal was administered by Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singh in Supreme Court in relation to the custodial violence by the police and their limits in such proceeds. In such application Singhvi’s preliminary argument was
The Madhurai bench of Madras High Court took a suo moto cognizance against the 3 policemen who were held responsible for the custodial deaths of Jeyaraj and his son Bennix. Those police officers were accused of obstructing the proceedings conducted by the magistrate. The said police officials are ordered to be presented before the court
