No extra cops for city, HC pulls up govts - Babus not interested in work.
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Mahendra Kumar Gupta
Nov 20, 2014, 12:26:00 AM11/20/14
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NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday pulled up both central and Delhi governments, and the bureaucrats for not recruiting additional personnel for Delhi Police despite growing law and order problems in the city.
Taking suo motu cognisance of the Nirbhaya gang rape in December 2012, the court had issued several directives on women's safety, which included creation of 14,489 posts in Delhi Police and setting up more forensic labs.
Pointing out severe manpower crunch in the force, the court said on Wednesday that the authorities had been merely "shuttling files" from one department to another without any result. The bureaucrats are "making fool of people, politicians and court", it said. "It is alarming that the crime against women is on the rise. All the bureaucrats—IAS, IPS—are just not interested in work. They don't face the music at all. Politicians face (it) every five years. You (bureaucrats) are just passing files. When will you see light of the day? We are fed up," a division bench of justices B D Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul said.
The remarks came after the Centre told the court that the new forensic labs are still not ready and the additional police personnel have still not been recruited. "The (home) ministry (is) sending files to police; police sending back to ministry. Is it a badminton game?" asked an annoyed bench.
It directed the Centre to expedite the recruitment process and fixed the next hearing on December 17. The authorities have also been told to expedite the December 2017 deadline for the forensic labs at Sheikh Sarai, Rohini and Sayurpur in Mehrauli.
Pointing out the deteriorating quality of police investigations, the court said, "Most cases end up in acquittal because of lack of investigation. Innocent people are being put in jail and criminals are roaming free. We want to see (that) more chargesheets end up in conviction."
Referring to Delhi Police's latest figures on increasing rape cases, the court asked the authorities to take help of sociologist to tackle the problem. It also expressed shock that of the 1,704 rape cases registered in the first 10 months this year, 215 were incestuous. In 43 cases, the father is the main accused; in 27 cases it is the brother.
Delhi Police was, however, praised for setting up the special women helpdesks in every police station and running 'one-stop centres' for victims of sexual abuse. "This is a salutary step and we feel it will go a long way in serving the victims of crime," the bench said.
Taking suo motu cognisance of the Nirbhaya gang rape in December 2012, the court had issued several directives on women's safety, which included creation of 14,489 posts in Delhi Police and setting up more forensic labs.
Pointing out severe manpower crunch in the force, the court said on Wednesday that the authorities had been merely "shuttling files" from one department to another without any result. The bureaucrats are "making fool of people, politicians and court", it said. "It is alarming that the crime against women is on the rise. All the bureaucrats—IAS, IPS—are just not interested in work. They don't face the music at all. Politicians face (it) every five years. You (bureaucrats) are just passing files. When will you see light of the day? We are fed up," a division bench of justices B D Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul said.
The remarks came after the Centre told the court that the new forensic labs are still not ready and the additional police personnel have still not been recruited. "The (home) ministry (is) sending files to police; police sending back to ministry. Is it a badminton game?" asked an annoyed bench.
It directed the Centre to expedite the recruitment process and fixed the next hearing on December 17. The authorities have also been told to expedite the December 2017 deadline for the forensic labs at Sheikh Sarai, Rohini and Sayurpur in Mehrauli.
Pointing out the deteriorating quality of police investigations, the court said, "Most cases end up in acquittal because of lack of investigation. Innocent people are being put in jail and criminals are roaming free. We want to see (that) more chargesheets end up in conviction."
Referring to Delhi Police's latest figures on increasing rape cases, the court asked the authorities to take help of sociologist to tackle the problem. It also expressed shock that of the 1,704 rape cases registered in the first 10 months this year, 215 were incestuous. In 43 cases, the father is the main accused; in 27 cases it is the brother.
Delhi Police was, however, praised for setting up the special women helpdesks in every police station and running 'one-stop centres' for victims of sexual abuse. "This is a salutary step and we feel it will go a long way in serving the victims of crime," the bench said.
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