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Shobha Sharma profiles the Supreme Court’s directives on police reform and the Model Polict Act 2006 and looks at their implementation around the country.Believe it or not, India is in the midst of a police reform process. It is just getting off the ground, is entirely State-led with no public participation and little transparency, and much is being done to subvert the spirit and intent of the reform agenda.

A summary of the issues relating to Dowry law reform by Asmita Basu and Tenzing Choesang.The first movement against Dowry within the contemporary feminist movement was made by the Progressive Organization of Women in Hyderabad 1975. In 1979 Stri Sangarsha organized a demonstration against the death of Tarvinder Kaur which was regarded as a dowry death.

Sangita Mulji and Mehak Sethi look at the questions surrounding the use of Narco Analysis as tool used in the investigation of crimes.Narco Analysis is gaining acceptability in India as a device to discover the truth in police investigations.

Mohit Singh discusses the experiences of a legal aid project working with drug users in Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai and highlights the pressing need for prison authorities and the government to addr

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Editor/Chief Reporter

Sub: Illegal arrests, torture and public statements by ATS Mumbai with regard to Shridhar Shrinivasan, Vernon Gonsalves and Adv K D Rao



We are deeply concerned at reports from the lawyers, family members and friends of Shridhar Srinivasan, Vernon Gonsalves and advocate K. D. Rao, who were arrested on August 19 and 20, 2007, in Mumbai by Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Police. The gist of their claims is as follows:

Life and liberty are precious to all, but some get arrested and put away in prisons - others don’t. Normally, at least there is the protection of being produced before the nearest Magistrate and the right to get bail after 90 days, if investigation is not complete.