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GS-4DUTY TO ACT AND CHILD PROTECTION

Waiting for a Child to Come Forward: The Ethics of Police Inaction in a POCSO Complaint

Tamil Nadu's Director General of Police constituted the all-woman SIT on September 24-25, 2026, to work under the Chennai Police Commissioner. On the same day, a POCSO Special Court extended the accused's judicial custody to October 9. The complainant's detailed account of his 2024 complaint and the government's decision to place two senior officers on compulsory wait, have raised questions about why police did not act for…

Sub TopicPOLICE INACTION ON A POCSO COMPLAINT WITHOUT AN…SourceTHE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS, PTI…
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GS-4ACCOUNTABILITY OF CONSTITUTIONAL FUNCTIONARIES

A Shield for the Umpire or a Screen from Scrutiny? The Ethics of the CEC's Immunity

The petition was filed on September 25, 2026, after an Indian Express report on objections by two Election Commissioners to decisions allegedly taken without their knowledge. It also seeks the quashing of changes to voter-registration Form 6 on the ECINet/ERONet portal and a probe into 16.10 lakh appeals allegedly filed in West Bengal in the Commission's name without authorisation.

Sub TopicSTATUTORY IMMUNITY OF THE CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER…SourceTHE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS…
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GS-4POLICE ETHICS AND DUE PROCESS

Justice Staged for the Crowd: What the Pune Parading Case Teaches About Police Legitimacy

The FIRs were registered in September 2026 on a complaint by Deputy Superintendent of Police Sanket Gosavi of the state CID, based on the MSHRC's findings. The commission had taken up both incidents on its own initiative in August after videos appeared on social media, describing them as extreme brutality that treated the constitutional right to life as having no value. The then station in-charge, named in both FIRs, had…

Sub TopicPUBLIC OUTRAGE, THE ALLEGED PARADING OF SUSPECTS…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, HINDUSTAN TIMES…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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