Prisons in India are synonymous with deplorable conditions amounting to inhuman and degrading treatment and deaths of the prisoners from denial of basic medical facilities to torture. Prison reform is the least priority of the society and the State. Would Justice (retd) Amitava Roy Committee therefore be able to reform the shameful prisons of India? […]
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Female foeticide and India’s bride bazaar: The case of Haryana
Female foeticide/infanticide has been one of the features of the India’s patrilineal society. Child Sex Ratio (CSR) i.e. the number of girls per 1,000 boys in the age group 0-6 years has reached alarming proportion in India. According to 2011 Census, Haryana recorded CSR of 834 girls per 1000 boys. The sex ratio in Haryana […]


