Shortly after coming into power in July, Sir Keir Starmer revealed his 'shock' at the state of the country's prisons, telling reporters it was 'worse than I thought'. Daniel Khalife, an inmate HMP Wandsworth - which was described as a 'failing prison' by inspectors - managed to escape last year Inmates can be seen throwing punches at each other and …
The Patna High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the State government’s decision to constitute a committee for the empanelment of shooters for the purpose of shooting vermin in Bihar. On the issue raised by the petitioner regarding the empanelment of those individuals who do not have valid licenses, the bench observed that the Chief Wildlife Warden, Bihar …
The Kerala government has demanded empowering States with the power to declare as vermin those wild animals that lead to loss of lives and damage crops and have been witnessing an unchecked population growth. The demand was put forth among a set of recommendations sent to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science, Technology, Environment, Forest and Climate Change which has …
