Data | How States dealt with crimes against women
4 years, 11 months ago

Data | How States dealt with crimes against women

The Hindu  

When dealing with cases of crimes against women, the case disposal rate of the police remained poor in 2018 and that of the courts worsened. Case disposal rate of the police In 12 States, both the chargesheeting rate and pendency rate were poor. The bigger and darker the circle, the higher the number of cases pending investigation at the end of 2018 Chargesheeting rate x pendency rate of police investigation image/svg+xml 0102030405060708090 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 34.00 51.00 Charge sheeting rate of the police Pending rate of police investigation The chargesheeting rate and pendency rate of the police was relatively poor in these States compared to the national average Assam Delhi Tamil Nadu Mizoram Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Kerala Meghalaya M.P. Chhattisgarh Pending rate of police investigation Chargesheeting rate of the police Case disposal rate of the courts In 6 States, both the conviction rate and pendency rate were poor. Chhattisgarh Maharashtra The conviction rate as well as pendency rate of the courts was relatively poor in these States compared to the national average Pendency rate of courts The best and the worst The performance of Mizoram, M.P.

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Crimes against women fell by 11% this year: Delhi Police data
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Crimes against women fell by 11% this year: Delhi Police data

Hindustan Times  

The national capital has recorded an average 11% decline in crimes against women in 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, Delhi Police officials said on Thursday. Police data shows 1,919 rape cases were reported up to December 1 this year, compared to 2,141 during the same period last year, marking a 10.3% decline. Molestation cases also fell sharply, …

City’s conviction rate drops to 18% in 2023 from 25% in 2021
10 months, 3 weeks ago

City’s conviction rate drops to 18% in 2023 from 25% in 2021

Hindustan Times  

Pune: The drop in city’s conviction rate to 18% in 2023 from 25% in 2021 should be one of the main concerns for the newly appointed Pune police commissioner. The Judicial Magistrate First Class conviction rate dropped from 51% in 2019 to 4% in 2023. As per the data shared by the Pune city police, the conviction rate in 2019 …

NTR District Sees 19% Dip in Crime Rate
1 year ago

NTR District Sees 19% Dip in Crime Rate

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: NTR district commissioner of police Kanthi Rana Tata said that overall crime rate registered a 19 per cent decrease while crimes against women also dipped by 16 per cent in the corresponding year 2023 due to conviction based policing and awareness programmes. Addressing the annual meet at Vijayawada on Saturday, the CP said that while over 17,174 crime cases …

Crimes against women must stop for the country to prosper
1 year ago

Crimes against women must stop for the country to prosper

Live Mint  

Crimes against women in India rose by 4% in 2022 from the previous year, a majority of the cases being cruelty by the husband or his relatives. Delhi is still rated as the country’s most unsafe city for women, with an average of three reported rape cases per day, accounting for 29% of crimes committed against women in 19 major …

Are crimes against women on the rise? | Explained
1 year ago

Are crimes against women on the rise? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: The crime rate may have declined in 2022, but crimes against women rose 4% in 2022 compared to 2021, according to the annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau released on December 4. The high crime rate is an indicator of the persistent “lower status and inequality” faced by women and girls, says Ms. Velankar. …

Crimes against women: Conviction rate in U.P. ‘180 times higher’ than national average
1 year, 1 month ago

Crimes against women: Conviction rate in U.P. ‘180 times higher’ than national average

Hindustan Times  

For the fourth consecutive year, Uttar Pradesh has achieved the highest conviction rate in cases of violence against women, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau data released for 2022, senior police officials said on Tuesday. UP Police special director general -Law and Order Prashant Kumar said, “The conviction rate in the state in crimes against women cases was …

Crime against women: 4.45 lakh FIRs filed in 2022, Delhi tops the list
1 year, 1 month ago

Crime against women: 4.45 lakh FIRs filed in 2022, Delhi tops the list

Live Mint  

According to the annual crime report of the National Crime Records Bureau, Delhi registered the highest rate of crime against women in the country in 2022. The NCRB data revealed that Uttar Pradesh registered 65,743 crime against women FIRs in 2022 followed by Maharashtra 45,331, Rajasthan 45,058, West Bengal 34,738 and Madhya Pradesh 32,765. National capital Delhi topped the list …

Anantapur saw a decline in overall crime rate in 2022
2 years ago

Anantapur saw a decline in overall crime rate in 2022

The Hindu  

The Anantapur district police have busted a network of arms and drugs suppliers in 2022 calendar year, and the seizure of 18 guns and 95 rounds of live amunition was among the most successful operations of the year, Superintendent of Police Fakeerappa Kaginelli has said. The year saw a steep fall in the crime rate, but statistics revealed by Mr. …

Poor conviction in crimes against women in Delhi, shows police data
2 years ago

Poor conviction in crimes against women in Delhi, shows police data

Hindustan Times  

To correct the poor conviction rate in crimes against women, the Delhi Police has started to chalk out plans to reduce such crimes and has become the first police force in the country to make collection of forensic evidence mandatory in crimes punishable by more than six years. According to Delhi Police data, the force has the best conviction rate …

Top news of the day: India’s GDP grew 13.5% in first qurater of 2022; India lodged 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021, says NCRB data, and more
2 years, 4 months ago

Top news of the day: India’s GDP grew 13.5% in first qurater of 2022; India lodged 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021, says NCRB data, and more

The Hindu  

India’s GDP grows at 13.5% in April-June quarter India’s Gross Domestic Product grew 13.5% in the first quarter of 2022-23, with the Gross Value Added in the economy rising 12.7%, as per National Statistical Office estimates. India lodged 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021: NCRB data Among states, Rajasthan was on top of the list …

India lodged average 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021: NCRB data
2 years, 4 months ago

India lodged average 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021: NCRB data

The Hindu  

India registered 31,677 cases of rape in 2021 - an average 86 daily - while nearly 49 cases of crime against women were lodged every single hour, according to the latest government report on crimes in the country. The number of rape cases in 2020 was 28,046, while it was 32,033 in 2019, the National Crime Records Bureau's 'Crime in …

India Witnesses Nearly 20% Increase in Rapes in 2021; Govt Data Shows Average 86 Cases Lodged Daily
2 years, 4 months ago

India Witnesses Nearly 20% Increase in Rapes in 2021; Govt Data Shows Average 86 Cases Lodged Daily

News 18  

India registered 31,677 cases of rape in 2021 — an average 86 daily — while nearly 49 cases of crime against women were lodged every single hour, according to the latest government report on crimes in the country. The number of rape cases in 2020 was 28,046, while it was 32,033 in 2019, the National Crime Records Bureau’s ‘Crime in …

Women, girls safer in India since 2015, say NFHS figures: Government in Parliament
2 years, 5 months ago

Women, girls safer in India since 2015, say NFHS figures: Government in Parliament

Firstpost  

Domestic violence, including violence during pregnancy down from NFHS-4 survey period. No increase in sexual violence against girls under 18 years was reported under Modi regime New Delhi: The government on Wednesday informed the Parliament that there has been a favourable decline in crimes against women in India since 2015. The WCD Minister said that as per the latest National …

Data | Justice delayed: 1 crore cases pending for over 5 years, 76% prisoners are undertrials
2 years, 5 months ago

Data | Justice delayed: 1 crore cases pending for over 5 years, 76% prisoners are undertrials

The Hindu  

More than four crore cases are pending in the lower courts of India, of which about 25% have been pending for over five years. In Bihar and West Bengal, the number of cases pending per capita is lower than the national average but over 40% of them are pending for more than 5 years — a supply-side issue. has the …

Sexual crimes against women up 70% in 2 decades
2 years, 8 months ago

Sexual crimes against women up 70% in 2 decades

Live Mint  

India’s rape-related crime rate rose 70.7% over the last two decades from 11.6 per 100,000 women and girls in 2001 to 19.8 in 2018, according to a report by Public Health Foundation of India. While the least number of cases were reported in Bihar with a rate of 1.8 per 100,000 Odisha was high up on the list with 49.4 …

25% Rise in Crimes Against Women in Andhra Pradesh in 2021
3 years ago

25% Rise in Crimes Against Women in Andhra Pradesh in 2021

News 18  

Crimes Against Women cases has gone up by over 25 per cent in Andhra Pradesh in 2021, while the average days taken for investigation was considerably down to 42 days from 102 in 2020. The cases of crime against women, which constitute 14 per cent in the overall crimes in the state, were at 17,736 in 2021 while it was …

Ludhiana number-one in Punjab in crimes against women
3 years, 3 months ago

Ludhiana number-one in Punjab in crimes against women

Hindustan Times  

The most populous district and the industrial hub of the state has also earned the unsavoury tag of being the most unsafe for women, leading as it is in crimes against women, as per data released by the National Crime Records Bureau. Ludhiana saw an improvement in the number of crimes against women reported in the district as compared to …

Second highest chargesheeting rate in State
3 years, 3 months ago

Second highest chargesheeting rate in State

The Hindu  

The State has the second highest chargesheeting rate under the Indian Penal Code as per the Crime in India statistics for 2020 released by the National Crime Records Bureau. Kerala recorded the lowest incidence of murder with 323 victims in 306 incidents, recording a rate of 0.9 compared to the national rate of 2.20, which is calculated per one lakh …

Crime against women down by over 21% in cities: NCRB report
3 years, 3 months ago

Crime against women down by over 21% in cities: NCRB report

India TV News  

The crime against women in cities has declined by 21.1 per cent in the year 2020 in comparison to 2019, the National Crime Record Bureau said in its latest report. As per the data, a total of 35,331 cases of crime against women were registered last year whereas the number of cases in 2019 was 44,783, showing a decrease of …

Maharashtra Tops On Justice Delivery, Women Constitute Only 29% Of Judges In India: The India Justice Report 2020
3 years, 11 months ago

Maharashtra Tops On Justice Delivery, Women Constitute Only 29% Of Judges In India: The India Justice Report 2020

Live Law  

The India Justice Report 2020 announced on Saturday has ranked Maharashtra at the top in terms of Justice delivery in India. The Report has tracked the the progress states have made in capacitating their justice delivery structures to effectively deliver services to all, and has taken account of the latest statistics and situations as they existed prior to March 2020. …

NCRB data spells good news for Andhra Pradesh: 6.5% decline in violent crimes
4 years, 2 months ago

NCRB data spells good news for Andhra Pradesh: 6.5% decline in violent crimes

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: Compared to previous years, Andhra Pradesh appeared slightly safer last year with violent crimes being reported in the state declining to 7,670. The latest National Crime Records Bureau data for 2019 shows a 6.5 per cent decline in overall violent crimes in the state, compared to that of 2018. However, the number of rape cases had seen a marginal …

Data | In 2019, 56% cases involving Dalit victims chargesheeted, 32% recorded conviction
4 years, 2 months ago

Data | In 2019, 56% cases involving Dalit victims chargesheeted, 32% recorded conviction

The Hindu  

The callous handling by the State police of the brutal gang rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh is not uncommon, NCRB data show. In a majority of States, <60% of cases involving victims from the Scheduled Castes were chargesheeted by the police in 2019. image/svg+xml Crimes against women The chart plots the share of cases in …

2019 Sees Highest Cases of Crime Against STs in 5 Years, MP and Jaipur Consistently Worst State, City
4 years, 2 months ago

2019 Sees Highest Cases of Crime Against STs in 5 Years, MP and Jaipur Consistently Worst State, City

News 18  

The year 2019 saw the highest number of cases of crimes against Schedule Tribes in the previous five years. A total of 8,252 cases were registered in crimes against STs, which is the highest since 2015, according to data analysed by News18 from the year 2015 till 2019, the most recent year for which data is available. The other remarkable …

India's 10 most dangerous states for women
4 years, 3 months ago

India's 10 most dangerous states for women

India Today  

The country continues to rage against the alleged gang-rape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district. No country for women Rajasthan is the worst state for women with a staggering 295 per cent rise in the reported rape cases in the last 10 years. Though reported cases in Delhi has been much lower among the …

Stuck in a maze of caste, cops and laws, women's security in Uttar Pradesh has been a farce under successive state govts
4 years, 3 months ago

Stuck in a maze of caste, cops and laws, women's security in Uttar Pradesh has been a farce under successive state govts

Firstpost  

National Crime Record Bureau’s Crime in India 2019 report stated that crimes against women rose by 7.3 percent as compared to 2018. Among the spate of chilling crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh over the last month are the cases involving a 13-year-old girl in Lakhimpur Kheri and a 70-year-old woman in Ballia. The rise in crimes against women is …

Crime against Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes saw a rise of 7% and 26% in 2019: NCRB
4 years, 3 months ago

Crime against Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes saw a rise of 7% and 26% in 2019: NCRB

The Hindu  

Crime against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes saw an increase of over 7% and 26% respectively in year 2019 compared to 2018, according to the annual Crime in India 2019 report published by the National Crime Records Bureau on Wednesday. A total of 45,935 cases were registered for committing crime against SCs, showing an increase of 7.3% over 2018, when …

Data | Was India safer for women in 2018?
4 years, 11 months ago

Data | Was India safer for women in 2018?

The Hindu  

Close to 3.78 lakh cases of crimes against women were recorded in 2018, the highest since gender-wise classifications were initiated in 1992 by the NCRB. Crimes against women over the years image/svg+xml In 2013, cases of crimes against women increased signifcantly 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 4 lakh 3 lakh 2 lakh 1 lakh 79,037 3,78,277 Types of crime Under …

Sexual violence pandemic in India: Rape cases doubled in last 17 years
5 years ago

Sexual violence pandemic in India: Rape cases doubled in last 17 years

India Today  

A 23-year-old girl, a rape victim, was set ablaze when she was on her way to court to attend a hearing. According to the NCRB data, 4,15,786 rape cases were reported across India between 2001 and 2017. While 16,075 cases of rape were reported in 2001 across India, this number rose drastically to 32,559 in 2017 - an increase of …

There Exist A Glass Ceiling For Women In Judiciary: India Justice Report
5 years, 2 months ago

There Exist A Glass Ceiling For Women In Judiciary: India Justice Report

Live Law  

The representation of women in the judiciary is highly inadequate; more so in higher judiciary than in subordinate one. This fact about the state of affairs in the justice delivery system raises significant yet seldom discussed questions of diversity and inclusivity in the judicial system. In the recently released India Justice Report, a ranking of States on the basis of …

UP, Bihar at bottom of India's justice league
5 years, 2 months ago

UP, Bihar at bottom of India's justice league

India Today  

Law and order has always been a major concern in the two big states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Despite claims of improvement over the years by respective state leaderships, a recent report by Tata Trusts has statistically proven that these two states have the worst justice system in India. The study, titled India Justice Report’, which Tata Trusts published …

Women account for 7% of entire police force in India: Report
5 years, 2 months ago

Women account for 7% of entire police force in India: Report

India Today  

A report compiled by a group of sectoral experts, ranging from human rights groups to legal policy groups, show that women account for seven per cent of India's 2.4 million police personnel. The findings of the report also revealed that only six per cent of women among all police personnel in India are at the officer level. Among other things, …

Call For Papers: National Conference On Reforms In Criminal Justice System At MNLU
5 years, 8 months ago

Call For Papers: National Conference On Reforms In Criminal Justice System At MNLU

Live Law  

Centre for Research in Criminal Justice, Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai invites papers for it's National Conference on Reforms in Criminal Justice System – Revisiting Justice Malimath Committee Report to be held on 04th May 2019. Broad Themes of the Conference The need for a uniform policy for the application of Criminal Law Re-thinking the fundamental principles of CJS Reforms …

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