How data could help in criminal justice reforms
1 year, 2 months ago

How data could help in criminal justice reforms

Hindustan Times  

“The police should now work with data and not danda,” said the Prime Minister at the All-India Conference of director/inspector generals of police in Jaipur recently. Arrest: The CII 2022 indicates that nearly 14 million people were arrested in 2022, marginally less than the 14.7 million arrests in 2021. This figure includes 3.2 million arrests under the Indian Penal Code 1860, 2.1 million arrests under Special and Local Laws and 8.6 million arrests under the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973. Over one year, more than 1.8 million people were admitted to prisons, of whom over 2.6% will end up spending more than five years in detention awaiting completion of their trial. As the recognition for data evaluation and analysis increases, it would be prudent for the government to establish a dedicated section within the department of justice to assess and analyse state-wise crime statistics, rank states according to select criteria and assign targets for states to accomplish promptly.

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NCRB annual crime report in final stage: MHA
1 month, 3 weeks ago

NCRB annual crime report in final stage: MHA

The Hindu  

The Union Home Ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that “data validation” for the three statistical reports published by the National Crime Records Bureau for the year 2023 is in final stage. NCRB releases three annual statistical reports namely ‘Crime in India’, ‘Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India’ and ‘Prison Statistics India’. Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay …

544 capital punishment convicts in Indian jails as of Dec 31, 2022: MHA
1 month, 3 weeks ago

544 capital punishment convicts in Indian jails as of Dec 31, 2022: MHA

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Centre told Parliament on Tuesday that 544 capital punishment convicts were lodged in various jails across the country as of December 31, 2022. The data on capital punishment convicts were given by Union minister of state for home, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, in a written reply to a query by Deepak Dev Adhikari in the Lok Sabha on …

Crime in India: A critical review of data collection and analysis
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Crime in India: A critical review of data collection and analysis

Hindustan Times  

Safe countries bestow multiple social and economic benefits on the individual and larger community. While India is a relatively peaceful country by global standards, there is significant scope for improvement in terms of policing, the national criminal justice system, and how data on crimes is collected and analysed. Safe countries allow individuals to participate in leisure and productive activities without …

New criminal laws in India: The Hindu’s detailed coverage
9 months ago

New criminal laws in India: The Hindu’s detailed coverage

The Hindu  

The three new criminal laws, that were passed by Parliament in 2023, will come into effect from July 1, 2024. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam that will replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, respectively, received President Droupadi Murmu’s …

Crimes against women, children, SC/ST, and cyber crimes, increased in 2022: Crime in India report
1 year, 3 months ago

Crimes against women, children, SC/ST, and cyber crimes, increased in 2022: Crime in India report

The Hindu  

Crimes against women, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, children, cyber crimes, and offences against the state saw an increase in 2022 as compared with 2021, according to the annual ‘Crime in India Report 2022’ published by the National Crime Records Bureau on Sunday. According to the Crime in India report, a total of 4,45,256 cases of ‘crimes against women’ were registered …

How 3 New Bills to Replace IPC & CrPC Will Completely Change Criminal Justice System - News18
1 year, 7 months ago

How 3 New Bills to Replace IPC & CrPC Will Completely Change Criminal Justice System - News18

News 18  

Parliament is the temple of democracy and parliamentary procedures the rites by which the will of the people is translated into practice. Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 in the Lok Sabha on Friday to replace the Indian Penal Code, the Criminal Code for Procedure and …

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, 7 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 …

More Things Change, More They Remain the Same: 9 Yrs After Nirbhaya Horror, Where Does India Stand?
3 years, 3 months ago

More Things Change, More They Remain the Same: 9 Yrs After Nirbhaya Horror, Where Does India Stand?

News 18  

A night of monstrosity that shook the nation. The horrifying case shocked the nation’s conscience, made international headlines, and revealed the extent of sexual violence against women in India, prompting lawmakers to toughen rape penalties. The victim, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student dubbed “Nirbhaya,” or “Fearless,” by the media because Indian law prohibits rape victims from being identified, was walking home …

2020 NCRB report of crimes in India: Year of the ‘anti-national’
3 years, 5 months ago

2020 NCRB report of crimes in India: Year of the ‘anti-national’

The Hindu  

In August Union Home Minister Amit Shah, speaking in Lucknow, lauded the Adityanath administration for taking Uttar Pradesh to the “top spot” in terms of law and order. Of the 5,613 cases registered under “offences against the state” in 2020 in the country, a whopping 80.6 per cent were registered under the Damage to Public Property Act, followed by 14.2 …

NCRB report: A status check on crimes in the country
3 years, 6 months ago

NCRB report: A status check on crimes in the country

The Hindu  

The Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown resulted in a drop in traditional crimes like theft, robbery, and assault on women and children in 2020, but there was a drastic jump in disobedience to government orders, primarily arising due to violations of COVID-19 norms, official data showed. According to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau on 'Crime in …

Data | Serious offences dip in 2020, COVID violations pushes up crime rate
3 years, 6 months ago

Data | Serious offences dip in 2020, COVID violations pushes up crime rate

The Hindu  

Recorded crimes in India increased by 28% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. Click to remove AMP mode Fall in serious crimes While the overall crime incidents increased, the number of violent and serious crimes fell across many crime heads in 2020 compared to 2019. Booked for flouting lockdowns The rise in crimes in …

Delhi accounted for highest number of crimes against foreigners in India in 2019
4 years, 6 months ago

Delhi accounted for highest number of crimes against foreigners in India in 2019

Live Mint  

The highest number of crimes against foreigners in India in 2019 were recorded in Delhi, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka, a latest government data showed. A total of 409 cases of crimes against foreigners including rape, murder and theft were lodged in 2019, down from 517 in 2018 and 492 the year before, according to the National Crime Records Bureau …

Delhi Accounted for Highest Number of Crimes Against Foreigners in India in 2019: NCRB Data
4 years, 6 months ago

Delhi Accounted for Highest Number of Crimes Against Foreigners in India in 2019: NCRB Data

News 18  

New Delhi: The highest number of crimes against foreigners in India in 2019 were recorded in Delhi, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka, a latest government data showed. A total of 409 cases of crimes against foreigners including rape, murder and theft were lodged in 2019, down from 517 in 2018 and 492 the year before, according to the National Crime …

Panel for criminal law reforms lacks diversity, say legal experts
4 years, 8 months ago

Panel for criminal law reforms lacks diversity, say legal experts

The Hindu  

Supreme Court and High Court judges, senior lawyers and academicians said a committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to introduce reforms in criminal law lacks diversity and it needs to ensure transparency. A letter from them to the Committee chairperson and National Law University-Delhi vice-chancellor, Dr. Ranbir Singh, said the line-up of its members “lacks diversity, both …

Data | How States dealt with crimes against women
5 years, 2 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 …

Reforming India’s broken criminal justice system | Opinion
5 years, 4 months ago

Reforming India’s broken criminal justice system | Opinion

Hindustan Times  

Why does social policy need objective indicators? India cannot become a superpower on the back of an antiquated criminal justice system The trio has been successful in translating field-based evidence into actionable public policy insights. That is precisely what is happening to a mountain of data we have collected about India’s criminal justice system. Somehow, the reality has to sink …

NCRB’s Reclassification Of Old Offences Problematic: Expert
5 years, 5 months ago

NCRB’s Reclassification Of Old Offences Problematic: Expert

The Quint  

What are the challenges in collecting and publishing crime data in India? How can the process be made consistent so that data can be compared across time periods? The process can be significantly streamlined by creating a central database that automatically updates the macro-level data on crime in India in real time. As for making the process consistent so as …

Delhi crime: NCRB data for 2017 shows how rising cases, creaking criminal justice system ail city
5 years, 5 months ago

Delhi crime: NCRB data for 2017 shows how rising cases, creaking criminal justice system ail city

India Today  

Despite being one of the most modern police force in India, Delhi Police had over 1.70 lakh cases pending, which is the highest in the country and the lowest chargesheet rate of 20%, according to the National Crime Records Bureau data released for this year. The NCRB data revealed that Delhi is leading when it comes to disposal of cases …

30% jump in ‘crimes against state’: NCRB
5 years, 5 months ago

30% jump in ‘crimes against state’: NCRB

The Hindu  

The 2017 Crime in India report, released by the National Crime Records Bureau, saw a 30% jump in cases recorded as “offences against the State.” The total number of cases registered in 2017 stood at 9,013 compared to 6,986 cases registered in 2016. More than 21,000 incidents of cyber crimes were reported in 2017, a jump from the 12,317 such …

Cyber-crime cases in India almost doubled in 2017
5 years, 5 months ago

Cyber-crime cases in India almost doubled in 2017

Live Mint  

Cybercrimes in India almost doubled in 2017, according to statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau. According to NCRB, which released the statistics late on Monday, “During 2017, 56.0% of cyber-crime cases registered were for the motive of fraud followed by sexual exploitation with 6.7% and causing disrepute with 4.6%.” With the Centre scrambling to fortify India’s cyber operations …

Around one lakh people kidnapped, over 28,000 killed in India in 2017, says NCRB data
5 years, 5 months ago

Around one lakh people kidnapped, over 28,000 killed in India in 2017, says NCRB data

India Today  

Over 50 lakh cases of cognisable crimes were registered across the country in 2017 -- an increase of 3.6 per cent from 2016 when 48 lakh FIRs were lodged, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau data released on Monday. Cases of kidnapping and abduction saw a 9 per cent increase in 2017, with 95,893 cases registered against 88,008 …

NCRB Report: Maharashtra High in Crimes Against Women and Children
7 years, 4 months ago

NCRB Report: Maharashtra High in Crimes Against Women and Children

The Quint  

According to the report, most cyber-crimes committed in the country took place in Maharashtra, with Mumbai ranking first with 4,172 cases of cyber-crime being reported for the year 2016. A total of 7,369 cases under juvenile in conflict with law were reported in Madhya Pradesh, followed by 6,606 cases in Maharashtra. Among the 61,974 cases of riots and group clashes, …

40th All India Criminology Conference on “Dimensions of Crime and Criminal Justice System: Contemporary Issues and Challenges”
7 years, 5 months ago

40th All India Criminology Conference on “Dimensions of Crime and Criminal Justice System: Contemporary Issues and Challenges”

Live Law  

GNLU in association with Indian Society of Criminology is organizing 40th All India Criminology Conference on “Dimensions of Crime and Criminal Justice System: Contemporary Issues and Challenges.” Date: 19-21 January 2018 Venue: Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar About the Conference: This Conference is aimed at creating a platform for a scholarly deliberation and development of ideas on Contemporary Issues and …

Why India’s official crime rate figures are unreliable
7 years, 7 months ago

Why India’s official crime rate figures are unreliable

Live Mint  

Three decades after it was set up to build a database on crime in the country, the National Crime Records Bureau has become an invaluable resource for policymakers, researchers and the media. There are two key problems with the official estimates of crime rates, defined as crimes per million population. If pre-2011 population projections were an underestimate, crime rate figures …

Implementation Phase Of Crime And Criminal Tracking Network And Systems Stands Extended By One Year
7 years, 11 months ago

Implementation Phase Of Crime And Criminal Tracking Network And Systems Stands Extended By One Year

Live Law  

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the extension of the implementation phase of the Crime and Criminals Tracking Network and Systems Project for a year after 31st March 2017.In order to create an integrated and comprehensive system to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of policing, Government of India has adopted the principle of e-governance and it has led. …

With a whopping 1.91 lakh cases, Delhi accounts for one-fourth of total crime across India
8 years, 7 months ago

With a whopping 1.91 lakh cases, Delhi accounts for one-fourth of total crime across India

India TV News  

While serious crime nationwide dipped by a significant 5 per cent, Delhi, which has been given the tag of “rape capital” last year saw more number of cognizable crimes than the cumulative figure of all metro cities. The National Crime Records Bureau data shows that Delhi Police registered an overall 1.91 lakh cases of noticeable crime in 2015, which is …

Maha records 53 crimes against foreigners, Delhi tops list with 147 cases
8 years, 7 months ago

Maha records 53 crimes against foreigners, Delhi tops list with 147 cases

Hindustan Times  

While Maharashtra recorded most cases of crimes against foreigners in India, Delhi topped the list of union territories with 147 cases. The number of crimes reported against foreigners in India fell in 2015, compared to the cases filed last year. Across the country, four foreigners were murdered in 2015, 12 cases of rape, 23 cases of assault on women with …

Death Row convicts mostly backward, uneducated and first time offenders, reveals NLU-D Death Penalty report [Read Report]
8 years, 10 months ago

Death Row convicts mostly backward, uneducated and first time offenders, reveals NLU-D Death Penalty report [Read Report]

Live Law  

95% of death sentences imposed by the trial courts either commuted or resulted in acquittals at the appeal stages.The Centre on the Death Penalty has published much awaited Death Penalty India Report today. The report says that most of them are backward, uneducated and first time offenders with no previous crime history.Another interesting and shocking finding of the report is …

Death Row convicts mostly backward, uneducated and first time offenders, reveals NLU-D Death Penalty report [Read Report]
8 years, 10 months ago

Death Row convicts mostly backward, uneducated and first time offenders, reveals NLU-D Death Penalty report [Read Report]

Live Law  

95% of death sentences imposed by the trial courts either commuted or resulted in acquittals at the appeal stages.The Centre on the Death Penalty has published much awaited Death Penalty India Report today. The report says that most of them are backward, uneducated and first time offenders with no previous crime history.Another interesting and shocking finding of the report is …

What NCRB statistics says about Criminal Justice system in India?
9 years, 4 months ago

What NCRB statistics says about Criminal Justice system in India?

Live Law  

National Crime Records Bureau has published its ‘Crime In India – 2014’ report in its Website. 9930625 criminal cases were tried in Indian courts in 2014 of which trial of 13, 41,386 was completed by the end of the year. The report also reveals that the percentage of cases tried to total cases for trial during 2012 to 2014 was …

A Violent India: NCRB Data Shows Crime on the Rise
9 years, 7 months ago

A Violent India: NCRB Data Shows Crime on the Rise

The Quint  

India is one country which reports a lot of crime – with a crime rate of 581.1 per 100,000 of the population – but whose lawmakers hardly discuss it, except when a monstrosity like Nirbhaya or Aarushi takes place. A government in any country that fails to control crime – not merely in terms of statistics, but in respect of …

NCRB stats confirm Delhi's reputation as 'rape capital', show major rise in cases in Mumbai
9 years, 7 months ago

NCRB stats confirm Delhi's reputation as 'rape capital', show major rise in cases in Mumbai

Firstpost  

NCRB statistics show that the number of reported cases of rape as a proportion of the total population is by far the highest in Delhi as compared to other cities in the year 2014. The data shows that the number of reported rape cases per lakh citizens is by far the highest in Delhi as compared to other cities in …

What ails India’s criminal justice system?
9 years, 7 months ago

What ails India’s criminal justice system?

Live Mint  

Two recent incidents have seen much debate over India’s criminal justice system. Replying to a Rajya Sabha question on 29 July, junior home minister Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said 20% of the sanctioned posts for Indian Police Service officers were vacant. Unless there is an expeditious judiciary, the criminal justice system cannot function despite a well-functioning police infrastructure. The shortage vis-à-vis …

What ails India’s criminal justice system?
9 years, 7 months ago

What ails India’s criminal justice system?

Live Mint  

Two recent incidents have seen much debate over India’s criminal justice system. Replying to a Rajya Sabha question on 29 July, junior home minister Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said 20% of the sanctioned posts for Indian Police Service officers were vacant. Unless there is an expeditious judiciary, the criminal justice system cannot function despite a well-functioning police infrastructure. The shortage vis-à-vis …

Conviction rate on the rise; Kerala leads figures with 77%, Bihar comes last
9 years, 7 months ago

Conviction rate on the rise; Kerala leads figures with 77%, Bihar comes last

Firstpost  

According to data collated by the National Crime Records Bureau, the conviction rate in India has been on the rise standing at 45 percent compared to 38.5 percent in 2012 and Kerala lead the charge among states with 77 percent conviction rates. According to a report in the Economic Times, this trend of rising conviction rate comes as a new …

India officially undercounts all crimes including rape
11 years, 6 months ago

India officially undercounts all crimes including rape

The Hindu  

The >National Crime Records Bureau, India’s official source of crime data, is systematically undercounting virtually every crime in India on account of a statistical shortcoming, The Hindu has learnt. The NCRB, under the union Home ministry, compiles its annual ‘Crime in India’ publication based on data that comes to it from state crime records bureaus, which in turn get their …

It is time to fix India's criminal justice system
12 years ago

It is time to fix India's criminal justice system

Firstpost  

“….it is not merely of some importance but is of fundamental importance, that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done” – Lord Hewart. And then she drove the screw deeper and turned it with disarming plain-speak… nepotism or what the oath of office calls favour and affection… such as judges using …

The crime scene
13 years, 3 months ago

The crime scene

The Hindu  

The government should take note of new studies that have thrown up bright ideas on checking the frequency and intensity of crimes. Crime statistics in India have two principal components: cases registered under the Indian Penal Code and those under Special and Local Laws, such as the Arms Act, Explosives Act, Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act and Immoral Traffic Prevention …

Policing for a better future
16 years, 1 month ago

Policing for a better future

Live Mint  

The terrorist attacks in Mumbai have caused great consternation. One of the functions of the commission outlined there is to “indicate the factors which are tending to retard economic development, and determine the conditions which, in view of the current social and political situation, should be established for the successful execution of the Plan.” The commission started with undertaking planning …

Understanding crime
20 years, 5 months ago

Understanding crime

The Hindu  

An analysis throws up new facets of crime and new ideas on how to cope with them. Let police performance and conduct be criticised savagely for failures to contain a public order situation or to solve a particular horrendous crime that has shocked the community, but never on numbers. Those in India who are already worked up over the politicisation …

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