NHRC requests comprehensive report on police well-being
Regarding the psycho-physical health of police officers in relation to the suspected murder of Odisha minister Naba Kishore Das, the National Human Rights Commission has requested an ATR.
It made the decision while considering a petition submitted by prominent human rights advocate and Supreme Court lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy, who claimed that governments all over India had neglected to protect police officers’ physical and mental health in flagrant disregard of the court’s 2006 ruling in the Prakash Singh case.
Tripathy said that governments did not provide for the physical and mental health of police officers, which brought up concerns about homicides and associated offenses as well as the ineffective performance of their duties by them. This newspaper has learned that the NHRC recently sent notices to the chief secretaries of all states, including Odisha, the Union Territories, and the secretary of the Ministry of health and Family Welfare, asking them to submit an Action Taken Report (ATR) within eight weeks in cases like Naba Kishore Das’s murder.
According to Tripathy, the NHRC sought explanations from the relevant parties for the violation of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the Prakash Singh case.
What is the decision of Prakash Singh?
The Supreme Court ordered all states and UTs to implement police reforms in a historic decision in 2006. It set forth a number of actions that the governments needed to do in order to allow the police to operate without fear of political meddling. While considering a PIL brought by retired IPS officer Prakash Singh, the court issued these directives.
Court to consider religious conversion plea
On Tuesday, Rajendra Bihari Lal, the vice-chancellor of Uttar Pradesh’s Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology, and Sciences, along with six other parties, are expected to present their case before the Supreme Court. They are contesting the Allahabad High Court’s decision to uphold the FIR concerning purported religious conversion. They have filed a relief request in relation to claims of immoral trafficking, unlawful religious conversion, and rape. On November 4, 2023, in Uttar Pradesh, a lady filed a formal complaint against them.
The arrest plea of a Rohingya girl was rejected.
The 19-year-old Rohingya girl’s request for freedom from her purported captivity was denied by the Supreme Court, which noted that the mobility limitation she faced could not be considered unlawful confinement.
The petitioner is undoubtedly an illegal immigrant, and the top court observed that there is no way to track her entrance in India.
No trees would be cut down, the Pune municipal council said.
The Pune municipal council has been ordered by the Supreme Court to hold off on removing trees until December 21 in order to enlarge a city road. This would allow a petitioner to take their issue to the Bombay High Court. After considering the arguments, the bench decided not to chop any trees in order to enlarge the road until Thursday.
