Current Affairs for Civil Services

1. Hashimpur Massacre, Inmates
and Larger Picture
By: Harveer Singh
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2. ## Hashimpur Massacre
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3. UP-Provincial Armed Constibulary
Alleged to be involved in number of
human rights violation cases,[6] the
blames include:
worsening the situation during 1978
Aligarh riots,
massacring more than 150 people
during 1980 Moradabad riots,
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4. instigating communal violence in
Meerut in 1982
massacring over 40 people, all
Muslims from the
Hashimpura mohalla (locality) of the
Meerut city in the incidence known
as Hashimpura massacre,
looting the markets in Kanpur while on
duty in 2001
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6. Prison Break: When 2/3rd of the inmates are undertrial,
it is a case of public vigilante and human rights both
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7. • NHRC Recommendations: Revise Manual/ Avoid
Overcrowding/ fast track undertrial cases/
• Prison is a home for Corrective and Reformative
Measures.
All India Prison Reforms Committees
(AIPRC)
Justice A.N. Mullah Committee 1980
RK Kapoor Committee 1986
Justice Krishna Ayer Committee 1987
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8. • Over 2 lac trials are 5 years old and 40k are
minimum 10 year old.
• “Mercy Jurisprudence is part of the evolving
decency that is the hallmark of society.”
Supreme Court
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