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Supreme Court calls on the Central Government to explain the lack of legislative safeguards from custodial torture
UPA ex-law minister Ashwani Kumar’s PIL to the Supreme Court seeks court direction for a law to punish police for custodial torture. His committee had recommended a comprehensive law to prevent custodial torture in 2010 but the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010 had failed to get passed. Till date, India does not have any legislation that defines ‘torture’ or deals with the reality that people in custody are often tortured for information . This is despite the fact that the country is a signatory to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
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