J&K HC Names Political Leaders In Sex Scandal. What Does The NCW Have To Say?

Here is the link to the news article from the Express:

http://www.indianexpress.com/story/226255.html

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Another Babu Gets Hit With DV Act

A while ago, I blogged the story of the PMO official who was DV “Acted”.

PMO Official Accused Of Domestic Violence By Wife

Here is another IAS officer who finds himself the accused in a DV Act. I hope that more Babus  and politicians get ensnared in this mess.

This is from TOI:

IAS officer alleges torture by cop wife
9 Oct 2007, 1316 hrs IST,TNN
MUMBAI: Senior IAS officer Amitabh Joshi on Monday accused his wife of physical assault and torture. He claimed that his police sub-inspector wife should be held responsible in case of any harm to him.

Joshi, who is MD of the Maharashtra Fisheries Development Corporation, held a press conference sharing details of his troubled marriage.

Joshi’s charges were later refuted by his wife Veena Sawkar, stating she was a victim of mental harassment and violence allegedly by Joshi.

The IAS officer claimed he and his mother were being beaten up by Sawkar and his complaints to the police would not be acted upon as his wife belonged to the police force.

Joshi has been given police protection by the state. Sawkar said a complaint of domestic violence has been filed by her against Joshi.

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Death In Custody: SC Criminal Appeal – 1985

This case is prior to Joginder Kumar Vs State of UP. I am posting this just to highlight the poignant tale of Brijlal who was arrested without any justification and whose death was caused by custodial violence.

Here are two excerpts:

• “It is notorious that remand orders are often passed mechanically without a proper application of mind. Perhaps, the Magistrates are not to blame because, heaps of such applications are required to be disposed of by them before the regular work of the day begins. Shri Nigam has to be complimented for the sense of duty and humanity which he showed in leaving his seat and going to the verandah to see an humble villager like Brijlal. It is obvious that he was led into passing an order of remand on the basis of the usual statement that the offence of which the accused was charged was still under investigation. What is important is that Brijlal had not committed any offence at all for which he could be remanded and, far from being an accused, he was in the position of a complainant. Respondent 1 was the architect of his remand and the motive for obtaining the remand order was to keep”

• “Before we close, we would like to impress upon the Government the need to amend the law appropriately so that policemen who commit atrocities on persons who are in their custody are not allowed to escape by reason of paucity or absence of evidence. Police Officers alone, and none else, can give evidence as regards the circumstances in which a person in their custody comes to receive injuries while in their custody. Bound by ties of a kind of brotherhood, they often prefer to remain silent in such situations and when they choose to speak, they put their own gloss upon facts and pervert the truth. The result is that persons, on whom atrocities are perpetrated by the police in the sanctum sanctorum of the police station, are left without any evidence to prove who the offenders are. The law as to the burden of proof in such cases may be re-examined by the legislature so that hand-maids of law and order do not use their authority and opportunities for oppressing the innocent citizens who look to them for protection. It is ironical that, in the instant case, a person who complained against a policeman for bribery, was done to death by that policeman, his two companions and his superior officer, the Station House Officer. “

Here is the judgment: Death In Custody: SC Criminal Appeal From 1985

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