By Dheeraj Fartode Imagine a police officer uploads an FIR and within seconds, an AI assistant begins planning the investigation. It write official letters, scan bank data and spot suspicious transactions. It sounds like science fiction - but it’s now reality in Maharashtra. The state police have started using Crime-OS, a powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool developed under the MARVEL project (Maharashtra Research and Vigilance for Enhanced Law Enforcement). This tool, built in partnership with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur, works like the co-pilot feature in Microsoft Office - but to solve crimes. It helps police save valuable time and reduces the heavy workload of investigations. Assistant Superitendent of Police (ASP) Deepak Agrawal explained that police investigations usually take a lot of time and effort. Crime-OS is designed to ease that burden. “For example, if a fraud case FIR is uploaded, the tool automatically picks out important information. It t...
THE ‘permanent closure of prostitution in Ganga-Jamuna’ notification issued by Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar was challenged before the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court, on Tuesday. The court directed the writ petition to be registered as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and allowed the petitioner to make necessary amendments.
The petitioner Mukesh Shahu, through his counsels Adv Chandrashekhar Sakhare and Adv Priti Phadake, challenged the notification of Nagpur Police issued under Section 7(1) (b) of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (PITA). The notification declared various religious premises, schools and offices in the red-light area as ‘public places’ and banned prostitution within 200 metres of such places.
The petition said that the notification violated the fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14, 19 of the Constitution of India. The right to reside in the rooms of the notified areas is a fundamental right of the prostitutes/sex workers and they cannot be prevented from occupying their residence except in accordance of law, it added.
Further, merely because these women were in the prostitution trade, it did not deprive them of their right to life and liberty, prostitution per se, was not a criminal offence and it was only when a prostitute operated within the notified area, the offence was committed. Therefore, prostitutes can reside in the notified area and have a right to carry on their trade outside the notified area, the petitioner stated in the petition.
The petitioner prayed the HC to quash and set aside the notification issued by the CP and direct the respondents (Police/government) to permit the prostitutes of the notified area to move freely and without any restrain or constraint and desist the respondents from entering into their rooms of the prostitutes without their permission or warrant.
The division bench of Justice Sunil Shukre and Justice Anil Pansare directed registration of the petition as a PIL and placed the matter for further review on November 17.
The petitioner Mukesh Shahu, through his counsels Adv Chandrashekhar Sakhare and Adv Priti Phadake, challenged the notification of Nagpur Police issued under Section 7(1) (b) of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act (PITA). The notification declared various religious premises, schools and offices in the red-light area as ‘public places’ and banned prostitution within 200 metres of such places.
The petition said that the notification violated the fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14, 19 of the Constitution of India. The right to reside in the rooms of the notified areas is a fundamental right of the prostitutes/sex workers and they cannot be prevented from occupying their residence except in accordance of law, it added.
Further, merely because these women were in the prostitution trade, it did not deprive them of their right to life and liberty, prostitution per se, was not a criminal offence and it was only when a prostitute operated within the notified area, the offence was committed. Therefore, prostitutes can reside in the notified area and have a right to carry on their trade outside the notified area, the petitioner stated in the petition.
The petitioner prayed the HC to quash and set aside the notification issued by the CP and direct the respondents (Police/government) to permit the prostitutes of the notified area to move freely and without any restrain or constraint and desist the respondents from entering into their rooms of the prostitutes without their permission or warrant.
The division bench of Justice Sunil Shukre and Justice Anil Pansare directed registration of the petition as a PIL and placed the matter for further review on November 17.
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