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Indian Express
04-06-2025
- Health
- Indian Express
MSCPCR
Child panel issues transport safety guidelines for all schools March 29, 2024 9:19 am Apart from reiteration of the existing regulations such as having GPS and CCTV, speed governor, emergency alarm facilities on school buses along with female staff, first-aid kit, fire extinguisher and other details, the document issued on Friday by the MSCPCR provides additional guidelines to ensure safety during school excursions. Child Rights commission revives safety guidelines for school buses after molestation incident in Thane March 12, 2024 7:42 am MSCPCR chairperson Susieben Shah held a meeting on Monday with representatives of school education department, educationists, parents, transport department and police to brainstorm on revival of the guidelines and ways to ensure effective implementation. MSCPCR Hearing: 'School, parents, state should have found solution to child's education' June 26, 2015 3:18 am The order further said it did not appear that the school had violated provisions of the RTE Act. Ahmednagar Children's Home: Child victims left to suffer as CWC chief, members sparred June 16, 2015 12:31 am No steps taken on allegations of sexual exploitation, says child rights panel. Schools for Pardhi children obligation under RTE: Panel June 03, 2015 2:36 am A study on the status Pardhis tribe, conducted by the TISS shows that 61 per cent of Pardhi children who are in the schoolgoing age have never been enrolled in schools. Give schooling, public transport to slum children: Rights panel tells state April 23, 2015 12:58 am MSCPCR in their order, have said, it is the duty of state to provide education to all between 6 to 14 years of age. Despite RTI, 1,100 BMC primary schools don't have Class 8 as yet April 14, 2015 12:59 am The MSCPCR, meanwhile, has sought a response from the BMC after which it will pass an order. Give differently abled children extra chance, says child rights panel April 10, 2015 2:07 am MSCPCR says the Secondary School Code should be in consonance with RTE & Disabilities Acts. Child rights panel puts onus of RTE admissions on govt February 24, 2015 1:27 am Panel says that the state is obliged to provide education to children aged between 6 and 14 years. Child rights panel asks govt to frame rules to monitor playschools February 05, 2015 5:09 am Holds Navi School playschool responsible for fracture injury to a two-year-old child whose father has approached the commission. Load More
Indian Express
22-05-2025
- Indian Express
After SC red-flagged custodial death in MP's Guna, report finds most arrests there from oppressed castes, tribal communities
Last month, a division bench of the Supreme Court castigated the Madhya Pradesh police over the alleged custodial death of a man — who was from a denotified tribe (DNT) — in Guna district. A new report studying policing in that district between 2019 and 2024 has found that nearly three-fourths of the arrests were of people from oppressed castes or tribal communities. The Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project (CPAP), which works in areas relating to the criminalisation of marginalised communities, studied a set of 20,705 online arrest records uploaded between January 2019 and July 2024 across 18 police stations of Guna district. The report on the findings, released on May 3, found 'overarresting' of persons from DNTs, particularly for petty offences, with data indicating that 'incarceration is more likely for caste marginalised communities'. DNTs are communities that, during British rule, were 'notified' as being 'born criminal'. The report found that around 15% of the arrests (3,126) were of people from DNT communities — more than half of the arrests (1,721) were of DNT OBCs, 1,233 arrests were of DNT SCs and 104 arrests were of DNT STs. While the number of arrests plunged from 7,263 in 2019 to 536 in 2024 (see chart), a single police station in the district, Aron, reported 15% of the total arrests in these six years. Of the 20,705 arrests, 14,852 (71.7%) were of people from oppressed castes or tribal communities. Muslims made up nearly 11% of the total number. On April 29, the Supreme Court had slammed the Madhya Pradesh police for not making any arrest in the alleged custodial torture and death of 25-year-old Deva Pardhi, who was arrested in Guna district in July last year. The court had described it as an example of 'favouritism' where the state police was 'shielding' its own officers. Asked about the findings of the report, Guna SP Ankit Soni told The Indian Express: 'Traditionally, some communities such as Pardhis, have been associated with crimes such as dacoity, but there are now efforts underway for the newer generation to equip them with soft skills and focus on development, a multipronged strategy. There have been instances where during police raids, they have inflicted casualties on police.' The CPAP report said that 'the excessive arrests, disproportionate share of oppressed communities, specifically of individuals belonging to Denotified Tribes, and variations within police stations all show the inequitable and unaccountable ways in which policing is practiced.' The DNT OBC arrests were primarily made up of two communities, Banjara and Lodha, the report said. 'Persons from Banjara communities are the biggest target of police action, contributing to 28.6% of the arrests amongst DNT communities, while Lodha communities constituted 16.4%,' the report said. CPAP's analysis also found that there are 'over-arrests of DNT/SCs compared to their population in Guna' (see chart). Soni, however, said the data could be skewed owing to the Rajasthan border being less than 30 km away from Guna. 'Many of the communities' relatives live across the border in Rajasthan and Gujarat, and there have been instances when they band together and commit crimes. Some of these might be registered in Rajasthan, some here in Guna, so the overarresting data as a proportion of the population may not be accurate,' said the police officer. The report also said that SCs were the second highest community to be arrested in most police stations after OBCs. 'Four police stations of Aron, Guna, Guna Kotwali and Raghogarh accounted for 60% arrests of SC communities,' the report said. The Supreme Court's remarks had come while it was hearing a bail plea by Gangaram Pardhi, Deva's uncle and the sole eyewitness to his death. The court had even remarked to Gangaram's counsel that he was safer inside jail than out. 'Presently being in custody is better for his own health and safety. He comes out, he is run over by a lorry and it will be an accident and you'll lose the single witness. Instances are not uncommon,' the court had remarked. Type of offences Close to 51% of the arrests were relating to bailable offences, and of the 8,400 arrests under non-bailable offences, a fifth were attributable to excise laws, theft, aggravated theft with house-breaking and hurt caused during a robbery. 'Section 34(2) of the MP Excise Act, 1915 (615 arrests) and Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code (548 arrests), 1860 are punishable by a mere imprisonment of up to three years and are yet classified as non-bailable, despite falling within the ambit of petty offences. That these are offences members of Denotified Tribes are particularly vulnerable to being prosecuted for given their historic association with dacoity and traditional liquor, explains the huge preponderance of these cases in the data set,' the report said.
Time of India
02-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
State SC/ST Commission intervenes in Pardhi-forest department dispute
Nagpur: The tribal Pardhi community members residing on forest department land face eviction, but they have questioned such a move citing that they have lived in "padas" located on hills outside villages for centuries. While the state govt has facilitated rehabilitation of such members from forest land, many of them are stuck in bureaucratic process due to lack of proper documentation say various tribal organisations. Dharmpal Meshram, vice-chairman of Maharashtra State SC/ST Commission, said, "It's a complicated issue because tribals feel that they have lived there for generations, and how can govt remove them. On the other hand, legally the land is now under the forest department and hence has to be vacated. We are trying to ensure that all Pardhi community members are rehabilitated in a proper way." Regarding lack of proper documentation, Meshram is working with all stakeholders. "I asked my department too see what help is required in obtaining the documents. We have also started ensuring that those who have the documents should apply for housing under the govt scheme and are allotted a unit. This apart, we will also have a word with the forest department to ensure that there is no friction between community members and the govt," he said. Meshram said that Pardhis have traditionally lived outside villages in nearby hills. "We have such "padas" in Nagpur district too. But they are majorly seen from Buldhana onwards as you move to Marathwada," said Meshram.
