Encounter Killings

Slippery slope of extrajudicial killings leads to infinite darkness and not justice

Moral pieties aren't the answer to what’s happened in Hyderabad. For decades, extrajudicial executions have formed the bedrock of Indian criminal justice, a response to public frustration over the state's inability to enforce order

Hyderabad encounter: Telangana High Court directs authorities to preserve bodies of slain accused till 13 December

The four accused were gunned down by Cyberabad police on Friday morning at Chattanpalli when they were taken to the scene of crime near the culvert

Rape, POCSO case probes should be completed in two months: Ravi Shankar Prasad to write to CMs, CJs

Trial of such cases should also be completed within six months, Union law and justice minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stresses on role of effective policing in ensuring that women feel safe, secure

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stressed on the role of effective policing in ensuring that women feel safe and secure

Hyderabad encounter reprehensible, but reaction to it brings to fore collective collapse of faith in India’s criminal justice system

We must be careful here. While taking a moral position on custodial killings, we should equally note the collective collapse of citizen’s faith in India’s criminal justice system and due process of law. What prompted such jubilation among public on the perpetrators getting killed without trial?

Hyderabad encounter killing: Courts must decide if accused should hang, not the cops

After the gruesome rape and murder of a Hyderabad veterinarian last week, the debate on women's safety in the country has been reignited.

President Ram Nath Kovind recommends revoking right to mercy petition for POSCO convicts on death row

Demonic attacks on women have shaken the conscience of the country, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday and advocated that those convicted under the POCSO Act should be deprived of their right to mercy petition

Hyderabad rape and murder case: Telangana HC directs state govt to preserve bodies of four accused till 9 Dec

The Telangana High Court on Friday directed the state government to preserve the bodies of four accused in the rape and murder of a young veterinarian till 8 pm on 9 December

Hyderabad encounter killings achieve little more than satiating collective bloodlust, delaying meaningful action against rape culture

A move such as the Hyderabad encounter killings is not likely to make any significant dent in the problem of our country’s heinous rape culture.

Apple exec’s murder: Ex-top cops say lack of training led to shooting; 66 deaths in 1,500 encounters in UP in Yogi's term

Outraged reactions have poured in since the killing of Vivek Tiwari, a 38-year-old salesman of Apple gadgets, who was shot at close-range in Lucknow by an on-duty Uttar Pradesh policeman early on Saturday.