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Granting bail is the rule
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December 28, 2020 23:44 IST
The refusal to grant bail deprives individuals of liberty by confining them in jails without trial and conviction
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The refusal to grant bail deprives individuals of liberty by confining them in jails without trial and conviction
Discussions on bail reform usually arise when exceptional cases capture public attention. However, bail reform must begin by addressing two key facets of the criminal justice system: judicial discretion and monetary surety bonds.
Judicial discretion
The power to grant bail is a discretionary power vested in judges and it is meant to be exercised liberally. The Supreme Court has consistently reiterated that “bail is the rule, jail is an exception”. The primary purpose of bail is to ensure the accused person’s compliance with investigation, and subsequent presence at the trial if the
Year Ender-2020: Report on Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) pmaymis.gov.in Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) on 20th November 2016 with an aim of providing housing for all in rural areas. On the 20th of last month, the scheme completed four years.
Addressing a public meeting in Agra after launching the rural housing scheme Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that the Government wants every Indian to have a house by 2022 and PMAY-Gramin will benefit the working class, farmers and the deprived.
Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin has immensely benefited the rural population.
Look hard. Do you see any woman among the protesting farmers? The reason is simple Women hardly own agricultural land. Lakshadweep and Meghalaya are the best among all the 35 states and Union Territories at providing land rights to women; Punjab and West Bengal are the worst, according to an index created by the Bhubaneswar-based Centre for Land Governance, an arm of consultancy firm NR Management Consultants. The index was prepared using the data on women’s operational holdings from the agriculture census of 2011, the share of adult women owning farm land from the Indian Human Development Survey of 2011-12, the share of women-headed households owning land from the Socio-economic Caste Census of 2011, and the share of women owning house and/or land (alone or jointly) from the National Family Health Survey of 2015-16.