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GS-4PROPORTIONALITY IN STATE RESPONSE TO DISSENT

When an Apology Isn't Enough to Stop the Knock at the Door

The family relocated two days before this report after what the mother describes as sustained police and public harassment, weeks after a Zero FIR was registered against her daughter under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections relating to insult, public mischief and defamation and after the girl's public apology on August 1.

Sub TopicETHICS - PROPORTIONALITY IN STATE RESPONSE TO DISSENT…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS
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GS-4BAIL JURISPRUDENCE & INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY

One Signature Among Many: What a Bail Plea Reveals About Rs 700 Crore Nobody Owned

The bail application, filed on July 30 before Special Judge Vidya Prakash of the Rouse Avenue Court, is listed for hearing on August 6, with the Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch expected to respond. Ranga was arrested in June along with former DGHS chief Dr Vatsala Aggarwal and CPA official Neeraj Chopra.

Sub TopicETHICS - INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY VS. INSTITUTIONAL…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS
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GS-4ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY & DUE PROCESS (DEMOLITIONS)

The Surat Demolition: Five Officers Suspended, One Commissioner Untouched

The Gujarat High Court criticised the state government at a July 30 hearing for shielding Municipal Commissioner M Nagarajan from action even as five subordinate officers were suspended over the May 30 Nasirnagar demolition. The case is next listed for August 10, with the court also asking that the police's role be examined.

Sub TopicETHICS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - ACCOUNTABILITY, DUE…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS
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