Thursday 20 December 2012

Communal Violence Bill


PREVENTION OF COMMUNAL AND TARGETED VIOLENCE (ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND REPARATIONS) BILL, 2011


To respect, protect and fulfill the right to equality before law and equal protection of law by
imposing duties on the Central Government and the State Governments, to exercise their
powers in an impartial and non-discriminatory manner to prevent and control targeted
violence, including mass violence, against Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and religious
minorities in any State in the Union of India, and linguistic minorities in any State in the
Union of India; to thereby uphold secular democracy; to help secure fair and equal access to
justice and protection to these vulnerable groups through effective provisions for
investigation, prosecution and trial of offences under the Act; to provide for restorative relief
and reparation, including rehabilitation and compensation to all persons affected by
communal and targeted violence; and for matters connected herewith and incidental thereto.


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The Case for Communal Violence Bill -

Who is to Blame

Why the Communal and Targeted Violence Bill must be codified into law

A Flawed Bill -- A case against some of its provisions

Also see http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-13/india/34431086_1_riot-victims-riots-case-naroda-patiya
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Post verdict in Naroda Patiya case , what a fabulous symmetry !

H.S.Phoolka                               Mukul Sinha

Mani Shankar Iyer                       Meenakshi Lekhi

Congress                                     BJP

 Delhi 1984                                 Gujarat 2002
















How violence has been used to polarize and win elections in 1984 by Congress & later by Shiv Sena in Maharashtra and by BJP in Gujarat



















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