गुड़गांव: महिला कर्मचारियों ने किया बच्‍ची का यौन शोषण

गुड़गांव: महिला कर्मचारियों ने किया बच्‍ची का यौन शोषण

गुड़गांव के एक नामी स्कूल में पढ़ने वाली 8 साल की मासूम बच्ची के साथ यौन शोषण का मामला सामने आया है. आरोप स्कूल की ही दो महिला कर्मचारियों पर है.
यह महिलाएं बच्ची के साथ अश्लील हरकतें किया करती थीं, शारीरिक शोषण का यह सिलसिला पिछले एक साल से चल रहा था. हाल ही में जब पीड़ित छात्रा के परिवारवालों ने जब बच्ची के व्यवहार में बदलाव महसूस किया तो उन्होंने इसकी छानबीन की. छानबीन में जो कड़वा सच सामने आया उसे जान पीड़ित छात्रा के माता-पिता हैरान रह गए.
परिवार का आरोप है कि स्कूल प्रसाशन ने शिकायत के बाद भी आरोपी महिला कर्मचारियों के खिलाफ कोई कार्यवाही नहीं की, जिसके बाद पुलिस को शिकायत की गई. मेडिकल में बच्ची के साथ सेक्शुअल हरासमेंट की पुष्टि हो गई है. पुलिस ने दोनों महिला कर्मचारियों के खिलाफ मामला दर्ज कर उन्हें गिरफ्तार कर लिया.

अन्य अपडेट लगातार हासिल करने के लिए हमें फेसबुक पर ज्वॉइन करें. आप दिल्ली आजतक को भी फॉलो कर सकते हैं.

और भी... http://aajtak.intoday.in/story/8-year-old-molested-in-gurgaon-school-1-731233.html

 

Senior Delhi cop's son-in-law arrested for demanding dowry

New Delhi, March 25: A Delhi court Monday sent the son-in-law of a joint commissioner of Delhi Police to one day police custody, after his wife filed an FIR against him for demanding dowry. Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Preety Parewa sent Arun Singh, the son-in-law of Joint Commissioner (Security) D.P. Verma to police custody after he was arrested late Monday night. The court granted police custody of Singh as sought by police to recover jewelry of the woman from her husband's home. Singh, meanwhile, moved bail application before the court which would come up for hearing Tuesday. Filing the FIR at Hauz Khas police station, Singh's wife Nimisha alleged that she was harassed by her husband and in-laws for dowry. She said that they got married in June 2012, and it was love marriage. At the time of marriage there was no demand of dowry but they later started demanding dowry from her, she said. Singh, who works with a MNC in Gurgaon, however, alleged that Nimisha wanted to become a film actress to which he did not agree and thus she filed a false case against him. He further alleged that his wife went through a breast implant, without informing him.

Read more at: http://news.oneindia.in/2013/03/25/senior-delhi-cops-son-in-law-arrested-for-demanding-dowry-1180096.html

70% employed seniors forced to work

70% employed seniors forced to work

BANGALORE: Is India no country for old people? A survey has shown that the aged in the country continue to work hard. Worse, 70% of the working seniors say they do so out of compulsion, not by choice. The survey conducted by the Population Research Centre, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, has revealed that 42% of the male elderly continue to work even after crossing 60. And if one thought 60 plus was the higher age group, digest this. A good 13% of the male population aged above 80 also meaningfully employ themselves.

The shocker in the survey, conducted in the seven states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Maharashtra, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal, is that 70% of the employed elderly are forced to work. With most of them in India still dependent on their children and choosing to stay with them, experts say it is the younger generation which forces the elderly to earn a livelihood and take care of their own expenses.

A good 49% of the seniors in India depend on their sons while 15% are dependent on their spouses. What is heartening is that a good 25% of them are not dependent on anyone to take care of their needs. "It is unfortunate that the elders are made to work even after they attain a certain age. The survey proves that households with elders are better off largely because of the money contributed by seniors," said K S James, head of the Population Research Centre.

10k is sample size

The seven states across the length and breadth of the country were chosen based on the sizeable population of the elderly there. While 8,792 households in the seven states put together were covered in the survey, 8,329 households were interviewed for the study. In all, a good 10,604 individuals were interviewed for this survey. The survey was done by ISEC in collaboration with the Institute of Economic Growth and the Tata Institute of Social Science. New Delhi based UNFPA was the supporting institute for the survey.

Karnataka not included

In Karnataka, the birth rate is low and the mortality rate has not declined which is why the density of elderly is not as high as in the chosen seven states. The demographic structure of Karnataka is such that it does not hold a significant number of elderly citizens. Karnataka, with a large number of young migrants, was therefore not a part of the survey.

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Cost of living to blame

It is sad that the elderly continue to work as they need to contribute significantly to the family income. It appears they are forced to work rather than do it largely by choice. It is a trend slowly emerging as joint families are disappearing. Given the standard of living now, the elders too continue to work till they can to contribute to the family income, both in rural and urban areas

R S Deshpande, director, ISEC


WORKING INTO THE SUNSET

42% of the male elderly continue to work even after crossing 60

49% of the seniors in India depend on their sons

15% are dependent on their spouses

13% of men above 80 continue to work

(Source: ISEC)

Key observations

*Illiteracy, poor health and social backwardness are inter-related when it comes to the elderly. That clearly results in welfare loss of the elderly and makes them rather vulnerable to being neglected.

*There is a necessity for inter-generational solidarity - the dependence on the next generation must grow, only then will society be able to give the elderly their due respect. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/70-employed-seniors-forced-to-work/articleshow/20188875.cms 

'Fake' rape cases reported as love turns sour

'Fake' rape cases reported as love turns sour


RANCHI: Many rape cases lodged in the district are often found fake after investigations, says a report by Ranchi police.
Police, during investigation, have found that a number of cases of "consensual sex" have been labelled as rape. It has been seen in many instances that the accused and the victim had an affair which later had turned intimate. The girl would later bring charges of rape against the boy after they break up. Lawyers say such cases turn weak and the accused are awarded lesser punishment.

A total of 35 cases of rape have been reported in the district in the last four months. In 18 cases, police have completed investigation and submitted chargesheet saying the victim had a relationship with the accused.

Ranchi SSP Saket Kumar Singh said, "A large number of rape cases are of this nature." Though initially, a case is lodged under Section 376 (rape), investigation reveals an altogether different story, said another police officer.

On January 4, 2013, Nitu Singh (name changed) had lodged an FIR with Tatisilwai police station claiming that a boy named Siril Tirki of the same police station area had raped her. The boy was arrested after the FIR. But during investigation, it was found that the victim was having an affair with the accused.

Similarly, Seema Kumari (name changed) had lodged an FIR with Nagri police station on March 11 where the woman claimed that Bandhan Oroan had raped her. The police soon arrested the accused. But during investigation, they found that the duo had physical relationship with mutual consent but the man later refused to marry her. In a total of 18 cases the police have submitted the charge sheet with a remark that the victim and the accused were into a relationship.

Senior lawyer Nitin Kumar Pasari said several such cases have been found where an accused had got intimate with a girl promising to marry her persistently tells her that he cannot live without her but ultimately refuses to marry her. It shows that he never intended to marry her and as such the punishment under Section 417 (cheating) of the IPC is justified. The punishment in this case is imprisonment for one year or fine or both.

In the case of rape (IPC 376), the law says the accused shall be punished with imprisonment term of seven to 10 years, which may extend to life imprisonment. The accused shall also be liable to fine.

Rajiv Kumar, senior lawyer says that in some cases the court charges the accused under 376 but such remarks in the case diary always weaken the case.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Fake-rape-cases-reported-as-love-turns-sour/articleshow/20114700.cms

Curb adjournments, speed up trials, SC tells trial courts

Curb adjournments, speed up trials, SC tells trial courts

NEW DELHI: At a time when people are getting impatient with judicial delays, the Supreme Court has stepped in to curb the tendency of trial courts to liberally grant adjournments at the instance of lawyers. It said that trial courts were flouting "with impunity" the Criminal Procedure Code mandate for conducting proceedings on a day-to-day basis after witness examination starts and were easily granting adjournments.

A bench of Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra expressed "anguish, agony and concern" over the adjournments granted by a Punjab trial court in a bride burning case which stretched the process of examination of witnesses to more than two years.

"On perusal of dates of examination-in-chief and cross-examination, it neither requires Solomon's wisdom nor Argus eyes (mythological giant with 100 eyes) scrutiny to observe that the trial was conducted in an absolute piecemeal manner as if the entire trial was required to be held at the mercy of the counsel," Justice Misra, who authored the judgment, said.

Referring to Section 309 of the CrPC, the bench said once a case reached the stage of examination of witnesses, the law mandated that it "shall be continued from day-to-day until all witnesses in attendance have been examined". The section provides that if for some unavoidable reason the court was to grant adjournment, it must record its reasons in writing.

"It is apt to note here that this court expressed its distress that it has become a common practice and regular occurrence that the trial courts flout the legislative command with impunity," the bench said.



The SC judges said the criminal justice dispensation system cast a heavy burden on the trial judge to have full control over the proceedings. "The criminal justice system has to be placed on proper pedestal and it cannot be left to the whims and fancies of the parties or their counsel," they said.

"A trial judge cannot be a mute spectator to the trial being controlled by the parties, for it is his primary duty to monitor the trial and such monitoring has to be in consonance with the Code of Criminal Procedure," the bench said.

The Supreme Court wanted trial judges to keep in mind the mandate of CrPC and not get guided by their thinking "or should not become mute spectators when a trial is being conducted by allowing the control to the counsel for parties".

"They have their roles to perform. They are required to monitor. They cannot abandon their responsibility. It should be borne in mind that the whole dispensation of criminal justice system at the ground level rests on how a trial is conducted. It needs no special emphasis to state that dispensation of criminal justice system is not only a concern of the bench but has to be the concern of the bar," it said.

On the case of bride burning and ill-treatment meted out to daughters-in-law, the apex court said, "A daughter-in-law is to be treated as a member of the family with warmth and affection and not as a stranger with despicable and ignoble indifference. She should not be treated as a housemaid. No impression should be given that she can be thrown out of her matrimonial home at any time."


Times View

Given the enormous backlog of cases in Indian courts, particularly at the lower levels, any measure that helps speed up processes is welcome. Getting rid of needless adjournments is certainly an important step and the Supreme Court must be thanked for stepping in to curb them. We hope that the implementation of this directive will be rigorous. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Curb-adjournments-speed-up-trials-SC-tells-trial-courts/articleshow/20056726.cms?intenttarget=no 

Snubbed by family & cops, elderly want a room of their own

Snubbed by family & cops, elderly want a room of their own

NEW DELHI: Lakshmi Devi, a senior citizen, had exhausted almost all her options. The 69-year-old had been dispossessed of her property and a complaint to the cops drew a blank. As a last resort, she approached an NGO on Monday to lodge a complaint against her daughter, who used to misbehave with her and had turned her out of the house. Cops, who visited her house earlier, had asked her to resolve the matter or spend some time at an old-age home.

Lakshmi Devi's plight is shared by hundreds of Delhi's senior citizens, who are given short shrift by cops, the authorities and even their own children. The recent case of an elderly couple from Gujarat seeking the collector's permission to commit suicide on being abused by their son and daughter-in-law and a litany of similar complaints, have prompted the city-based Agewell Foundation to write to the Prime Minister, demanding provisions for securing the rights of elderly people.

Himanshu Rath, founder of Agewell, says the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act is not enough to ensure the safety and well-being of the elderly. He has put together 11 provisions that can help the elderly assert their rights.

"The existing act doesn't square with the reality. For instance, the act stipulates the responsibility of children and relatives towards the elderly, but what about those who don't have children or family? In our culture, those with daughters are hesitant to go and live with the girl's family. They have nobody to lean on," says Rath.

The act also aims at setting up district tribunals to hear the appeals of senior citizens, but this has not been implemented properly.

Rath finds Latika Sarkar's example very instructive. Sarkar, who died in February, waged a lengthy legal battle to reclaim her Hauz Khas property, worth Rs 10 crore, appropriated by her onetime maid and an IPS officer who claimed to be very close to her. Sarkar, who was the first Indian woman to go to Cambridge and headed the law department in DU, was shorn of her property and could win it back only in 2009, when she was 87.

"She went through hardship despite being an expert in law and backed by prominent lawyers. Imagine the plight of ordinary citizens who might not have the wherewithal to pursue the matter or the support of the media. The government should create a system accessible to them," adds Rath.

Agewell Foundation's petition to the PM includes schemes like setting up a national fund for the aged, a self-employment scheme as well as a national-level commission for the elderly on the lines of the National Human Rights Commission.

The helplines run by the foundation are having to field many more distress calls. Around 10,000 senior citizens call every day on the foundation's helpline, which operates in 610 districts across the country.   http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Snubbed-by-family-cops-elderly-want-a-room-of-their-own/articleshow_b2/20142692.cms 

Undertrial commits suicide in Kurukshetra jail

Undertrial commits suicide in Kurukshetra jail

KURUKSHETRA: Hundreds of angry residents blocked the Kurukshetra-Yamunanagar highway after an undertrial committed suicide by hanging himself at a meditation centre of Kurukshetra jail on Tuesday morning.

Demanding action against the cops, they alleged that police had arrested Rajesh, 22, who committed suicide, without verifying the facts. The deceased, a resident of Sonti village of Ladwa block of Kurukshetra, was facing trial in a dowry death case of his wife. His father is also lodged in the same jail but his mother is in Ambala jail on the same charge.

Rajesh's wife had died months back and a case of dowry harassment was lodged against him and his parents. The deceased has left behind a suicide note, but the jail authorities and district police did not reveal its contents. While jail superintendent S K Chauhan said he was not aware of the content of the note, SHO, city police station, Malkeet Singh said, "A magistrate is looking into the matter and the suicide note is in her custody. So we cannot say anything about it." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Undertrial-commits-suicide-in-Kurukshetra-jail/articleshow/20191408.cms