Investigation

The simple fact is that microscopic hair analysis by a simultaneous visual comparison of different characteristics of hair samples from two different sources through a comparison microscope cannot prove the hair came from a certain individual to the exclusion of any other person.

Never before in this country two non-bailable warrants have been issued against an IPS officer with 33 years of service besides a Look Out Circular (LOC) to prevent him from fleeing the country.

The refusal to register your FIR is such a common malady in India. It is so difficult that most people think that they have won half the battle if the FIR is registered

The standard modus operandi of the police is to claim that the cash and weapons etc were recovered from the accused when they were arrested. Most of the time, such items happen to be ‘planted’ by the police. Invariably there are no independent witnesses or stock witnesses cooked-up by the police

When it comes to finding ingenious ways to harass people, the ingenuity of the cops knows no bounds. One of the most popular ways of harassing people is to oppose bail. Another common tool is to summon people unnecessarily to the police station to harass them

It should not require the Supreme Court to tell the police that it is their primary responsibility to prevent the commission of crimes; to ensure that law and order and public order are maintained; and that mobs do not become lawless. The Rule of Law has to be upheld at any cost.

Smuggling and illegal cross border movement of green peas is a ‘serious matar’ and an organised crime that cannot be taken lightly. Over the past few years, several cases have come to light where huge quantities of green or dried peas have been wrongfully declared as something else or undervalued to avoid paying customs duties.

Quite a few women today have reached the top of the hierarchy. But even then banking remains an old-boys club. Only a small proportion of women end up at the top. Just 3% women reach top executive posts, only 11% become officers and 26 % retire as clerks in the public sector banks. It holds true in other sectors of the economy as well -- only 14% of all the 22.6% women employed in business, make it to senior management level.

A poor rickshaw puller accused of a petty theft may spend months in jail without a bail but three politically connected senior MMTC officials who caused a loss of over Rs 250 Crore to the public exchequer continue to hold sensitive posts without even a blot in their ACR. One of them former MMTC managing director D.S. Dhesi a 1982-batch Haryana cadre, IAS has been promoted as chief secretary of Haryana.

A ministerial berth or any such glorified decoration is a sure shot way to mask or camouflage the business promotion activities of a Marketing Manager of Ayurvedic products...

A CEO of a loss-making private company may be shown the door, but it seems the same rules do not apply to Teflon coated Indian bureaucrats heading public sector corporations.

Dog meat and dog skin is a flourishing trade in many parts of the world. This is the reason behind illicit dog stealing, smuggling, and trafficking. Ancient Chinese writings from the Zhou Dynasty mention --pig, goat, and dog -- among "three beasts" bred for food. Every year close to 10 Million dogs are skinned alive.