The tri-services Court of Inquiry (COI) constituted to probe the copter crash that killed Gen Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), his wife and 12 officers has submitted its preliminary report. The Mi-17 V5 helicopter crashed in Nilgiris on December 8, 2021. The committee...
In November, a rash of cases of sexual harassment and violence were reported from schools. Some students committed suicide. A teacher in Karur committed suicide allegedly because he was scared of students leveling sexual assault charges against him. Sexual assault on a minor especially at...
The tragic death of India’s first Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Gen. Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash over Coonor while on his way to his alma mater, Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) Wellington is not only an irreparable loss to the Armed forces but also shook the entire nation. Since...
The crash of the IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter carrying the Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat, with his wife, Defence Assistant, commandos and IAF personnel near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on December 8 brings up, once again, the question of safety of flying by rotorcraft. At least five people had...
A few months ago, a newspaper cutting of a senior police official calling the public to participate in the investigation of unsolved cases went viral. The social media post said that there are 15 unsolved murder cases and three cases of murder for gain in the central zone of Tamil Nadu. The...
English jurist William Blackstone who has penned commentaries on English laws has said in his book, "It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer". For ages, our society has followed the same principle as a yardstick for delivering justice. The Madras High Court recalled the...
Jai Bhim film has shed light once again on police brutality. At the core of what is wrong in our system is the power that the police have to arrest people without a warrant from a judicial magistrate. The power of arrest is used arbitrarily, whimsically and capriciously, and sometimes...
The evidence trail left in recent burglaries in Coimbatore have made police suspect that the economic downturn due to pandemic is feeding crime. Missteps such as the perpetrators not covering their faces and allowing themselves to be seen on CCTV cameras are signs that amateurs were involved,...
Complaints against the police often come in two instances. During the investigation of a crime, allegations against the police investigation officer that he is moving the process in favour of the accused are often made by the complainant. Charges against the official that he or she is creating...
Last month seven children escaped from the Government Juvenile Home in Chennai. When the guard dozed off for a short while early in the morning, these children, who were lodged in the reception centre of the home, managed to flee from the home. Among these seven, one belonged to Tamil Nadu...
