High Court Slams State Over Inaction in Custodial Death Case

High Court Slams State Over Inaction in Custodial Death Case

High Court Slams State Over Inaction in Custodial Death Case The Bombay High Court issued a stern reprimand to the Maharashtra government for failing to register an FIR against five police officers involved in the custodial death of Akshay Shinde, following explicit court instructions.The court initially mandated that a case must be registered when a prima facie offense is disclosed, forming a special investigation team led by Joint Commissioner…

Lawmaker slams Turkish gov’t inaction in preventing prison deaths - Turkish Minute

Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) deputy Gülcan Kaçmaz Sayyiğit in a parliamentary speech on Wednesday condemned the high number of inmate deaths in Turkish prisons, attributing the crisis to political inaction, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported. According to Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç, 709 inmates died in Turkish prisons in the first 11 months of 2024. “Prisons have virtually turned into death houses. The health of many ill …