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Judge who made prisoner dignity key to jail reforms

Retired Bombay high court judge S Radhakrishnan committed himself to prison reforms, to mitigate the plight of undertrials in India’s packed prison

Under Justice S Rahdakrishnan’s guidance, the Bombay-HC-ordered committee on prison reforms organised two seminars for law college students, to motivate them to render voluntary legal aid to prisoners

Opinion

Published on Mar 14, 2025 09:17 PM IST

ByVijay Raghavan

Sheela Barse: A life to be celebrated

The lawyer was one among a handful of active citizens who took upon themselves the task of putting Public Interest Litigations to good use

Opinion

Published on Apr 02, 2024 12:14 AM IST

ByMaja Daruwala, Vijay Raghavan

Panchanan Maheshwari: A giant of plant biology

Professor Panchanan Maheshwari established a flourishing school of research and teaching in plant biology at Delhi University, where he arrived in 1949

Maheshwari’s combination of big ambition in choice of problems and the development of intellectual and technical tools to address them is the hallmark of the best of science (Royal Society)

opinion

Updated on Dec 15, 2021 10:43 AM IST

ByK Vijay Raghavan

The urgent need for reform in India’s prison system

Treating the cadre that works within the prison system with the respect and consideration that every agency of the state receives is imperative. Innovative ideas for reform are not possible if the officers are parachuted in and out of a system that, in fact, needs years of training and on-the-ground experience.

Prisoners, 70% of whom are people held inside as undertrials while the system grinds on, are the victims. (Shutterstock)

opinion

Published on Sep 27, 2021 04:23 PM IST

ByVijay Raghavan and Maja Daruwala

Envisioning a self-reliant and science-driven India

While behaviour, drugs and vaccine will give an exit from the disease, strive for a new route to recovery, prosperity

A health worker in personal protective equipment collects a sample using a swab from a person at a local health centre to conduct tests for the coronavirus disease , Delhi, August 14, 2020(REUTERS)

analysis

Updated on Aug 14, 2020 10:20 PM IST

ByK Vijay Raghavan

Covid-19: Ensure prisons do not turn into a fertile ground for the virus

Our prisons are overcrowded, with even basic facilities needed for washing and cleaning being grossly inadequate. This must be addressed on an urgent basis

With a prison population of over four lakhs, and new admissions every day, even decongesting prisons is not enough. It is time we focus on the conditions prevalent inside prisons(REUTERS)

analysis

Updated on Jun 06, 2020 12:09 PM IST

ByVijay Raghavan and Madhurima Dhanuka

Prison reforms crucial to refining the justice system

Some of the findings are stark: the average prison occupancy is 114%; 19 out of 36 states and UTs (where data was available; J&K, which was recently bifurcated, has been included as a state) have more than 100% occupancy; Delhi has 180% occupancy.

The year-on-year trend over five years [2012-2016] shows between 0.5 to 1.5% increase in the share of undertrials per year.(Getty Images/Vetta)

india news

Published on Nov 12, 2019 04:23 AM IST

ByVijay Raghavan

Create a research culture for the growth of science in India

Our best can be also be more daring in the questions they themselves address, thinking with more originality and ambition

With our economic and geographical size, and our young population, India shoulders a great responsibility to our citizens and to the world. In this, science has a key role to play(Sanket Wankhade/HT PHOTO)

analysis

Updated on Feb 06, 2019 05:05 PM IST

ByK Vijay Raghavan

'Prejudice and patriarchy are a potent mix'

When a person commits a crime, society - in other words, people - tend to ascribe labels to the offender. The criminal gets described variously as abnormal (which has a medical connotation), evil (which has a moral connotation), or owing to their belonging to a social category (racial or ethnic prejudice) or acting due to poverty (a class dimension). Vijay Raghavan writes.

india news

Updated on May 04, 2013 11:51 PM IST

ByVijay Raghavan

Catching them young

Today, the Internet generation’s interactions are less with ‘real people’ and more with people in cyber space leading to poor social skills and with poorer abilities to form and sustain positive social relationships, writes Vijay Raghavan.

india news

Updated on Aug 31, 2007 12:49 AM IST

None | ByVijay Raghavan, Mumbai

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Retired Bombay high court judge S Radhakrishnan committed himself to prison reforms, to mitigate the plight of undertrials in India’s packed prison

The lawyer was one among a handful of active citizens who took upon themselves the task of putting Public Interest Litigations to good use

Professor Panchanan Maheshwari established a flourishing school of research and teaching in plant biology at Delhi University, where he arrived in 1949

While behaviour, drugs and vaccine will give an exit from the disease, strive for a new route to recovery, prosperity

Our prisons are overcrowded, with even basic facilities needed for washing and cleaning being grossly inadequate. This must be addressed on an urgent basis

Some of the findings are stark: the average prison occupancy is 114%; 19 out of 36 states and UTs (where data was available; J&K, which was recently bifurcated, has been included as a state) have more than 100% occupancy; Delhi has 180% occupancy.

Our best can be also be more daring in the questions they themselves address, thinking with more originality and ambition

Today, the Internet generation’s interactions are less with ‘real people’ and more with people in cyber space leading to poor social skills and with poorer abilities to form and sustain positive social relationships, writes Vijay Raghavan.

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