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,
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
4. Prison Break: When 2/3rd of the inmates are undertrial,
it is a case of public vigilante and human rights both
5. • 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
6. • 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