Saturday, January 26, 2013

Re: [IAC#RG] Justice Verma Report: Verma commission report draws armed forces' fire

Pardon the mistake. I stand corrected please amend to read SHANTI  BHUSHAN
Please do not think it is a hypothetical case. I have described what actually happened.
With a police officer appointed as an investigating officer it would mean the internal investigation and  judicial apparatus of the Armed Forces need not be active in such cases. 
I  feel however desirous  on paper, it will pose a lot of practical difficulties.Whatever degree of justice such victims get now would dwindle to negligible. The later part of the adage"Justice......................... but appear to be done" will be fulfilled. 
 

On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Shanti Bhushan <shantibhush@gmail.com> wrote:
In the hypothetical case refferred by you, nobody has committed any offence,yet one can conceive that a false accusation can be made. The solution would be to provide that in the case of armymen only a high police officer alone would have the authority to exercise the powers of an investigating officer.Incidentally I am not Prashant Bhushan but Shanti Bhushan.

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On Jan 26, 2013, at 10:09 PM, arun joshi <colarun.joshi@gmail.com> wrote:

Respected Prashant Bhushan,
I describe to you an actual situation experienced and please do educate me about "breech of command responsibility"
An infiltrating group is ambushed. A few infiltrators make good an escape from the killing area(mind you it is past midnight) The CO is informed and he knows that these few will either go back to POK or head for the nearest village on our side where he will be given shelter by their contact. 
The Co rustles up more quick reaction teams and sends them to the village /hamlet/bhaiks/huts. A couple of militants are sighted entering a village. Pursuit by own troops is in progress , who notice them entering a house. Officer and Jawans already brain washed about rape assault physical abuse etc. 
For our patrol, at this stage, of primary concern is to "search and destroy". They enter the house. Man of the house not present, probably undertaking morning ablutions.  Lady of the house with a daughter or two shout on top of their voice. 
The other villagers outside the house interpret the shouting in many different ways- mostly detrimental to the Jawans (they do not love us much). 
The Commanding Officer  is located in his Tactical HQ which may be miles away.The Company Commander having moved to the ambush site to obtain actionable intelligence from those who have survived. Both not in the house and village
As a Commanding Officer my primary responsibility is to counter infiltration and achieve moral ascendency over the LOC. I have fulfilled my other equally important responsibilities of briefing my Jawans and Officers of various do's and don'ts that need to be observed in that environment.(All are taught to us in the Formation Battle school prior to induction into the area) 
So now I as a CO, my company commander, the patrol leader and those unfortunate Jawans who were doing their primary duty have to gather evidence and prove that there was no malice in our actions inside the house and we did not indulge in any abuse whatever which resulted in the women shouting.
For how long will this command chain not be available to the unit labouring to prove that they are innocent and there is no breech of command responsibility?. Perish the thought that it will be disposed off quickly. 
Please also note that I have simply not touched upon the effect it will have on the Unit and its Morale. There will be a sudden drop in performance.
How will our Justice system interpret"breech of command responsibility" Please put me wise.
Whereas I have full faith and confidence in a selected few within the Judicial system to understand and interpret "command responsibility" this very abstract concept outside my organisation, will be least understood by The Honourable men sitting in judgement at the level which will be dealing with such cases. 
It is for this precise reason  the committee should spend time with us folks in Macchil  Kupwara  Manipur etc and then take a decision ,if at all. I can assure you they will be convinced not to disturb a hornet's nest.
God Forbid a feeling should not creep into our men- damn the primary task let us take care of ourselves by doing nothing, mark time in the insurgency area and look forward to a peace station to spend time with the wife and kids.


On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Shanti Bhushan <shantibhush@gmail.com> wrote:
Let it be clear that according to Justice Verma committee report There would be breach of command responsibility only and only if the CO failed to take such measures as he could have taken to prevent the cmmission of rape by his subordinate that he would be guilty of the offence of breach of command. If on facts he could not have reasonably done so then no action has been sugested against him.

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On Jan 26, 2013, at 5:23 AM, "Col Madan Sharma (Veteran)" <madanjbp@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Seema Mustafa

On 25 January 2013 18:06, seema mustafa <seemamustafa@gmail.com> wrote:
Ridiculous comments by some in the story. If the CO can't ensure the conduct of his men towards women all the more reason for the ordinary criminal laws of the land to be made applicable instead of protecting sexual molesters under AfSPA. 
The false case excuse has been heard many times before. One there are very few women who will say they have been raped when they have not; and besides surely the courts and the investigating authorities can be trusted to being justice? The army can always represent its men if it is convinced of their innocence in the courts.

Seema Mustafa

On 25-Jan-2013, at 9:40, swarup sarkar <swarup1973@gmail.com> wrote:

What can be our stand on this issue?

Verma commission report draws armed forces' fire

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Verma-commission-report-draws-armed-forces-fire/articleshow/18174402.cms

NEW DELHI: The J S Verma Committee report has come under intense criticism from security forces for suggesting "breach of command responsibility", holding a commanding officer (CO) responsible if a junior commits rape. The report's suggestion to amend the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has also been opposed by the armed and the paramilitary forces.

Many COs and senior officers are arguing that the breach of command responsibility was unacceptable and could lead to COs ending up in jail for upto seven years for the misdeeds of a junior.

"I have almost 1,000 personnel under me, and they are spread across some five kilometres. They could go on leave, or temporary duty. How am I to ensure their sexual conduct throughout the year, 24 hours a day?" asks the CO of an Army unit.

Officials in the Union home ministry too were taken aback by the panel's "unusual" suggestion to include "breach of command responsibility" as an offence under Section 376. "How can the officer commanding a battalion be held responsible if a junior he sends on a patrol suddenly chooses to go morally astray?" asked an officer, adding that vicarious liability in such a case is "nothing short of absurd".

Another senior officer of the security establishment indicated that the forces deployed in conflict zones like Jammu & Kashmir, Maoist-affected states and the insurgency-hit areas in the north-east, have to constantly guard against foisting of false cases by local, self-proclaimed rights groups who may actually be a front of terrorist or extremist groups. "The J S Verma committee's suggestion, if accepted, will only give such activists a legal handle to falsely implicate not only the jawan but his CO as well," the official warned.

A senior CRPF officer posted in a Naxal-infested area said, "Inserting breach of command responsibility in Section 376 is stretching the law too far. There is so much moral degradation in the society. Anyone can commit a crime on a given day. How can you hold the commanding officer responsible because a constable has gone berserk. No one will work for the forces then."

A BSF officer from the Eastern frontier added, "This is akin to jailing the mother for the crime of the son. We already have a mechanism where commanding officer is reprimanded for transgressions of a junior officer; administrative actions are taken. But punishing him for individual aberration is just not on. Unless there is an organised criminal behaviour in a unit, commanding officer cannot be held responsible."

The J S Verma Committee has recommended the introduction of a new section 376F in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for offence of breach of command responsibility. The proposal is to hold responsible "whoever, being a public servant in command, control or supervision of the police or armed forces...or assuming command whether lawfully or otherwise, fails to exercise control over persons under his or her command, control, or supervision and as a result of such failure" rape and similar offences are committed.

The COs would be held "guilty of the offence of breach of command responsibility" if he "failed to take necessary and reasonable measures within his or her power to prevent or repress the commission of the said offences," the committee has recommended.

Presently, there is no criminal liability for a CO of an Army unit in cases where his subordinates are involved in any kind of breach of discipline. It does of course invite administrative action, or even dismissed from service. The introduction of a criminal liability by a CO for actions of a junior would add a completely new and extremely challenging burden to being a CO, say army officers.

The Committee has also recommended amendments to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), saying, that "impunity for systematic or isolated sexual violence in the process of Internal Security duties is being legitimized" by AFSPA.





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Dear Seema Mustafa, Read your comments on the Security Forces, have you ever appreciated what the command of a unit involves . Can you make a person responsible for the acts of his more then 850 subordinates?more so when his is not present with them. I am sure you do not have any idea what commanding troops means. As it is strictures are passed on the commanding officers of any incident involving his subordinates. Pushing him to the wall will only be at the cost of his responsibility. Imagine  what the CO of Rajputana Rifles must have gone through after the Krishna Ghati incident, can the CO be held responsible for the deeds of the enemy. In your opinion he must be, this is just commenting for commenting sake without application of logic. I wish you could gather closer knowledge by being with a unit for few days and also go through the hell when deployed on LOC or counter insurgency duties. Regards,
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RE: [IAC#RG] Justice Verma Report: Verma commission report draws armed forces' fire

I think both the father and son duo should be sent to LOC and other critical areas where our soldiers fight nad die with one hand tied brhind.

navnith

 

 


 

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Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 08:33:04 +0530
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Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] Justice Verma Report: Verma commission report draws armed forces' fire

In the hypothetical case refferred by you, nobody has committed any offence,yet one can conceive that a false accusation can be made. The solution would be to provide that in the case of armymen only a high police officer alone would have the authority to exercise the powers of an investigating officer.Incidentally I am not Prashant Bhushan but Shanti Bhushan.

Sent from my iPad

On Jan 26, 2013, at 10:09 PM, arun joshi <colarun.joshi@gmail.com> wrote:

Respected Prashant Bhushan,
I describe to you an actual situation experienced and please do educate me about "breech of command responsibility"
An infiltrating group is ambushed. A few infiltrators make good an escape from the killing area(mind you it is past midnight) The CO is informed and he knows that these few will either go back to POK or head for the nearest village on our side where he will be given shelter by their contact. 
The Co rustles up more quick reaction teams and sends them to the village /hamlet/bhaiks/huts. A couple of militants are sighted entering a village. Pursuit by own troops is in progress , who notice them entering a house. Officer and Jawans already brain washed about rape assault physical abuse etc. 
For our patrol, at this stage, of primary concern is to "search and destroy". They enter the house. Man of the house not present, probably undertaking morning ablutions.  Lady of the house with a daughter or two shout on top of their voice. 
The other villagers outside the house interpret the shouting in many different ways- mostly detrimental to the Jawans (they do not love us much). 
The Commanding Officer  is located in his Tactical HQ which may be miles away.The Company Commander having moved to the ambush site to obtain actionable intelligence from those who have survived. Both not in the house and village
As a Commanding Officer my primary responsibility is to counter infiltration and achieve moral ascendency over the LOC. I have fulfilled my other equally important responsibilities of briefing my Jawans and Officers of various do's and don'ts that need to be observed in that environment.(All are taught to us in the Formation Battle school prior to induction into the area) 
So now I as a CO, my company commander, the patrol leader and those unfortunate Jawans who were doing their primary duty have to gather evidence and prove that there was no malice in our actions inside the house and we did not indulge in any abuse whatever which resulted in the women shouting.
For how long will this command chain not be available to the unit labouring to prove that they are innocent and there is no breech of command responsibility?. Perish the thought that it will be disposed off quickly. 
Please also note that I have simply not touched upon the effect it will have on the Unit and its Morale. There will be a sudden drop in performance.
How will our Justice system interpret"breech of command responsibility" Please put me wise.
Whereas I have full faith and confidence in a selected few within the Judicial system to understand and interpret "command responsibility" this very abstract concept outside my organisation, will be least understood by The Honourable men sitting in judgement at the level which will be dealing with such cases. 
It is for this precise reason  the committee should spend time with us folks in Macchil  Kupwara  Manipur etc and then take a decision ,if at all. I can assure you they will be convinced not to disturb a hornet's nest.
God Forbid a feeling should not creep into our men- damn the primary task let us take care of ourselves by doing nothing, mark time in the insurgency area and look forward to a peace station to spend time with the wife and kids.


On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Shanti Bhushan <shantibhush@gmail.com> wrote:
Let it be clear that according to Justice Verma committee report There would be breach of command responsibility only and only if the CO failed to take such measures as he could have taken to prevent the cmmission of rape by his subordinate that he would be guilty of the offence of breach of command. If on facts he could not have reasonably done so then no action has been sugested against him.

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On Jan 26, 2013, at 5:23 AM, "Col Madan Sharma (Veteran)" <madanjbp@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Seema Mustafa

On 25 January 2013 18:06, seema mustafa <seemamustafa@gmail.com> wrote:
Ridiculous comments by some in the story. If the CO can't ensure the conduct of his men towards women all the more reason for the ordinary criminal laws of the land to be made applicable instead of protecting sexual molesters under AfSPA. 
The false case excuse has been heard many times before. One there are very few women who will say they have been raped when they have not; and besides surely the courts and the investigating authorities can be trusted to being justice? The army can always represent its men if it is convinced of their innocence in the courts.

Seema Mustafa

On 25-Jan-2013, at 9:40, swarup sarkar <swarup1973@gmail.com> wrote:

What can be our stand on this issue?

Verma commission report draws armed forces' fire

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Verma-commission-report-draws-armed-forces-fire/articleshow/18174402.cms
NEW DELHI: The J S Verma Committee report has come under intense criticism from security forces for suggesting "breach of command responsibility", holding a commanding officer (CO) responsible if a junior commits rape. The report's suggestion to amend the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has also been opposed by the armed and the paramilitary forces.

Many COs and senior officers are arguing that the breach of command responsibility was unacceptable and could lead to COs ending up in jail for upto seven years for the misdeeds of a junior.

"I have almost 1,000 personnel under me, and they are spread across some five kilometres. They could go on leave, or temporary duty. How am I to ensure their sexual conduct throughout the year, 24 hours a day?" asks the CO of an Army unit.

Officials in the Union home ministry too were taken aback by the panel's "unusual" suggestion to include "breach of command responsibility" as an offence under Section 376. "How can the officer commanding a battalion be held responsible if a junior he sends on a patrol suddenly chooses to go morally astray?" asked an officer, adding that vicarious liability in such a case is "nothing short of absurd".

Another senior officer of the security establishment indicated that the forces deployed in conflict zones like Jammu & Kashmir, Maoist-affected states and the insurgency-hit areas in the north-east, have to constantly guard against foisting of false cases by local, self-proclaimed rights groups who may actually be a front of terrorist or extremist groups. "The J S Verma committee's suggestion, if accepted, will only give such activists a legal handle to falsely implicate not only the jawan but his CO as well," the official warned.

A senior CRPF officer posted in a Naxal-infested area said, "Inserting breach of command responsibility in Section 376 is stretching the law too far. There is so much moral degradation in the society. Anyone can commit a crime on a given day. How can you hold the commanding officer responsible because a constable has gone berserk. No one will work for the forces then."

A BSF officer from the Eastern frontier added, "This is akin to jailing the mother for the crime of the son. We already have a mechanism where commanding officer is reprimanded for transgressions of a junior officer; administrative actions are taken. But punishing him for individual aberration is just not on. Unless there is an organised criminal behaviour in a unit, commanding officer cannot be held responsible."

The J S Verma Committee has recommended the introduction of a new section 376F in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for offence of breach of command responsibility. The proposal is to hold responsible "whoever, being a public servant in command, control or supervision of the police or armed forces...or assuming command whether lawfully or otherwise, fails to exercise control over persons under his or her command, control, or supervision and as a result of such failure" rape and similar offences are committed.

The COs would be held "guilty of the offence of breach of command responsibility" if he "failed to take necessary and reasonable measures within his or her power to prevent or repress the commission of the said offences," the committee has recommended.

Presently, there is no criminal liability for a CO of an Army unit in cases where his subordinates are involved in any kind of breach of discipline. It does of course invite administrative action, or even dismissed from service. The introduction of a criminal liability by a CO for actions of a junior would add a completely new and extremely challenging burden to being a CO, say army officers.

The Committee has also recommended amendments to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), saying, that "impunity for systematic or isolated sexual violence in the process of Internal Security duties is being legitimized" by AFSPA.





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Dear Seema Mustafa, Read your comments on the Security Forces, have you ever appreciated what the command of a unit involves . Can you make a person responsible for the acts of his more then 850 subordinates?more so when his is not present with them. I am sure you do not have any idea what commanding troops means. As it is strictures are passed on the commanding officers of any incident involving his subordinates. Pushing him to the wall will only be at the cost of his responsibility. Imagine  what the CO of Rajputana Rifles must have gone through after the Krishna Ghati incident, can the CO be held responsible for the deeds of the enemy. In your opinion he must be, this is just commenting for commenting sake without application of logic. I wish you could gather closer knowledge by being with a unit for few days and also go through the hell when deployed on LOC or counter insurgency duties. Regards,
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Re:[IAC#RG]

Dear sir
    I fully agree with AShuji. Expression in any language is not important. What is important is the feeling in the expression.
Dr N C Jain
27-01-2013

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Ashuji
Just because you had the facility to write in Hindi you are not more Indian than who write in English i.e the only original language of the net.By writing Jai Shri Ram in stead of Jai Hind you have harmed your cause of Indianness.The love of the country means love for all the languages and religions.In every nook & corner of the country Jai Hind is the only slogan that is well understood.
So the script of the expression is not as important as the feelings in the expression.
Jai Hind
Vijoy K. Ambasta

2013/1/25 Ashu <ashu7oct@gmail.com>
सब इंडियन हैं या कोई भारतीय भी है यहाँ॥कई दिन से प्रयास कर रहा हूँ कोई हमारी मातृभाषा मे लिखे और उससे ज्ञानार्जन हो मगर यहाँ तो मैकाले की गंगोत्री दिख रही है ॥ 

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Re: [IAC#RG] Ashish Nandy - "people from OBC, SC and ST communities most corrupt"

Hi Hemant

1) IAC is still a movement about "corruption", so we have to discuss it.

2) Not all of us are connected to Internet 24x7.

3) Some of us choose to prefer "discrete" slowly cooked dum-pukht foods from newspapers and magazines, instead of junk-Food dished out by TV channels and Twitters in a continual stream of piddle.

Sarbajit

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Thanks for the information but this information is already on the internet and media and requires no further to be on the mail list.


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Re: [IAC#RG] Ashish Nandy - "people from OBC, SC and ST communities most corrupt"

What is a man who cannot express himself correctly in english doing in a litfest? He says he was misquoted and words were taken out of context! Any one who hears what he said on TV was very clear. If he has no basic ability to say waht he wants to express and now says that he meant the opposite he must be unworthy of such honours. Perhaps his"Intellectual Society connections" are enough.
On facts--- he claimed that Bengal was least corrupt as it was never ruled by OCs BCsand STs! How prepostrous! Andhra Pradesh was also never so ruled- (except short period 50 years ago when a mild mannered Sanjivayya was CM). It has turned out to be the most corrupt state with former CMs son and quite some IAS officers injail and many more on the brink?
Off the cuff "Superior" sounding remarks are the privelege of our intellectuals!
Dr. R.Prabhakar Rao

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Thanks for the information but this information is already on the internet and media and requires no further to be on the mail list.
On Jan 26, 2013 10:17 PM, "Sarbajit Roy" <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
http://zeenews.india.com/news/rajasthan/ashish-nandy-s-comments-on-sc/sts-create-furore-at-jaipur-lit-fest_825132.html

Jaipur/New Delhi: Noted author Ashis Nandy on Saturday kicked up a storm with his comments that people from OBC, SC and ST communities were the "most corrupt", remarks that came under all round attack.

Hours after Nandy made the remarks at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival, an FIR was lodged with the police against him in Jaipur under Section 506 IPC (criminal intimidation) and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The FIR was filed by Rajpal Meena, Chairperson of the SC/ST Rajasthan Manch and the matter will be investigated, police said.

"It is a fact that most of the corrupt come from OBCs and Scheduled Castes and now increasingly the Scheduled Tribes," he said participating in a session at the Festival.


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Re: [IAC#RG] Ashish Nandy - "people from OBC, SC and ST communities most corrupt"

There is slight correction to his statement, that most of corruption
is done by OBC, SC, ST leaders, and not those communities. Show me
their leader who is not connected with corruption. - Girdhar Patil.

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> and media and requires no further to be on the mail list.
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> On Jan 26, 2013 10:17 PM, "Sarbajit Roy" <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> http://zeenews.india.com/news/rajasthan/ashish-nandy-s-comments-on-sc/sts-create-furore-at-jaipur-lit-fest_825132.html
>>
>> Jaipur/New Delhi: Noted author Ashis Nandy on Saturday kicked up a storm
>> with his comments that people from OBC, SC and ST communities were the "most
>> corrupt", remarks that came under all round attack.
>>
>> Hours after Nandy made the remarks at the ongoing Jaipur Literature
>> Festival, an FIR was lodged with the police against him in Jaipur under
>> Section 506 IPC (criminal intimidation) and the Scheduled Castes and
>> Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The FIR was filed by Rajpal
>> Meena, Chairperson of the SC/ST Rajasthan Manch and the matter will be
>> investigated, police said.
>>
>> "It is a fact that most of the corrupt come from OBCs and Scheduled Castes
>> and now increasingly the Scheduled Tribes," he said participating in a
>> session at the Festival.
>>
>>
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Re: [IAC#RG] Justice Verma Report: Verma commission report draws armed forces' fire

In the hypothetical case refferred by you, nobody has committed any offence,yet one can conceive that a false accusation can be made. The solution would be to provide that in the case of armymen only a high police officer alone would have the authority to exercise the powers of an investigating officer.Incidentally I am not Prashant Bhushan but Shanti Bhushan.

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On Jan 26, 2013, at 10:09 PM, arun joshi <colarun.joshi@gmail.com> wrote:

Respected Prashant Bhushan,
I describe to you an actual situation experienced and please do educate me about "breech of command responsibility"
An infiltrating group is ambushed. A few infiltrators make good an escape from the killing area(mind you it is past midnight) The CO is informed and he knows that these few will either go back to POK or head for the nearest village on our side where he will be given shelter by their contact. 
The Co rustles up more quick reaction teams and sends them to the village /hamlet/bhaiks/huts. A couple of militants are sighted entering a village. Pursuit by own troops is in progress , who notice them entering a house. Officer and Jawans already brain washed about rape assault physical abuse etc. 
For our patrol, at this stage, of primary concern is to "search and destroy". They enter the house. Man of the house not present, probably undertaking morning ablutions.  Lady of the house with a daughter or two shout on top of their voice. 
The other villagers outside the house interpret the shouting in many different ways- mostly detrimental to the Jawans (they do not love us much). 
The Commanding Officer  is located in his Tactical HQ which may be miles away.The Company Commander having moved to the ambush site to obtain actionable intelligence from those who have survived. Both not in the house and village
As a Commanding Officer my primary responsibility is to counter infiltration and achieve moral ascendency over the LOC. I have fulfilled my other equally important responsibilities of briefing my Jawans and Officers of various do's and don'ts that need to be observed in that environment.(All are taught to us in the Formation Battle school prior to induction into the area) 
So now I as a CO, my company commander, the patrol leader and those unfortunate Jawans who were doing their primary duty have to gather evidence and prove that there was no malice in our actions inside the house and we did not indulge in any abuse whatever which resulted in the women shouting.
For how long will this command chain not be available to the unit labouring to prove that they are innocent and there is no breech of command responsibility?. Perish the thought that it will be disposed off quickly. 
Please also note that I have simply not touched upon the effect it will have on the Unit and its Morale. There will be a sudden drop in performance.
How will our Justice system interpret"breech of command responsibility" Please put me wise.
Whereas I have full faith and confidence in a selected few within the Judicial system to understand and interpret "command responsibility" this very abstract concept outside my organisation, will be least understood by The Honourable men sitting in judgement at the level which will be dealing with such cases. 
It is for this precise reason  the committee should spend time with us folks in Macchil  Kupwara  Manipur etc and then take a decision ,if at all. I can assure you they will be convinced not to disturb a hornet's nest.
God Forbid a feeling should not creep into our men- damn the primary task let us take care of ourselves by doing nothing, mark time in the insurgency area and look forward to a peace station to spend time with the wife and kids.


On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Shanti Bhushan <shantibhush@gmail.com> wrote:
Let it be clear that according to Justice Verma committee report There would be breach of command responsibility only and only if the CO failed to take such measures as he could have taken to prevent the cmmission of rape by his subordinate that he would be guilty of the offence of breach of command. If on facts he could not have reasonably done so then no action has been sugested against him.

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On Jan 26, 2013, at 5:23 AM, "Col Madan Sharma (Veteran)" <madanjbp@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Seema Mustafa

On 25 January 2013 18:06, seema mustafa <seemamustafa@gmail.com> wrote:
Ridiculous comments by some in the story. If the CO can't ensure the conduct of his men towards women all the more reason for the ordinary criminal laws of the land to be made applicable instead of protecting sexual molesters under AfSPA. 
The false case excuse has been heard many times before. One there are very few women who will say they have been raped when they have not; and besides surely the courts and the investigating authorities can be trusted to being justice? The army can always represent its men if it is convinced of their innocence in the courts.

Seema Mustafa

On 25-Jan-2013, at 9:40, swarup sarkar <swarup1973@gmail.com> wrote:

What can be our stand on this issue?

Verma commission report draws armed forces' fire

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Verma-commission-report-draws-armed-forces-fire/articleshow/18174402.cms

NEW DELHI: The J S Verma Committee report has come under intense criticism from security forces for suggesting "breach of command responsibility", holding a commanding officer (CO) responsible if a junior commits rape. The report's suggestion to amend the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has also been opposed by the armed and the paramilitary forces.

Many COs and senior officers are arguing that the breach of command responsibility was unacceptable and could lead to COs ending up in jail for upto seven years for the misdeeds of a junior.

"I have almost 1,000 personnel under me, and they are spread across some five kilometres. They could go on leave, or temporary duty. How am I to ensure their sexual conduct throughout the year, 24 hours a day?" asks the CO of an Army unit.

Officials in the Union home ministry too were taken aback by the panel's "unusual" suggestion to include "breach of command responsibility" as an offence under Section 376. "How can the officer commanding a battalion be held responsible if a junior he sends on a patrol suddenly chooses to go morally astray?" asked an officer, adding that vicarious liability in such a case is "nothing short of absurd".

Another senior officer of the security establishment indicated that the forces deployed in conflict zones like Jammu & Kashmir, Maoist-affected states and the insurgency-hit areas in the north-east, have to constantly guard against foisting of false cases by local, self-proclaimed rights groups who may actually be a front of terrorist or extremist groups. "The J S Verma committee's suggestion, if accepted, will only give such activists a legal handle to falsely implicate not only the jawan but his CO as well," the official warned.

A senior CRPF officer posted in a Naxal-infested area said, "Inserting breach of command responsibility in Section 376 is stretching the law too far. There is so much moral degradation in the society. Anyone can commit a crime on a given day. How can you hold the commanding officer responsible because a constable has gone berserk. No one will work for the forces then."

A BSF officer from the Eastern frontier added, "This is akin to jailing the mother for the crime of the son. We already have a mechanism where commanding officer is reprimanded for transgressions of a junior officer; administrative actions are taken. But punishing him for individual aberration is just not on. Unless there is an organised criminal behaviour in a unit, commanding officer cannot be held responsible."

The J S Verma Committee has recommended the introduction of a new section 376F in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for offence of breach of command responsibility. The proposal is to hold responsible "whoever, being a public servant in command, control or supervision of the police or armed forces...or assuming command whether lawfully or otherwise, fails to exercise control over persons under his or her command, control, or supervision and as a result of such failure" rape and similar offences are committed.

The COs would be held "guilty of the offence of breach of command responsibility" if he "failed to take necessary and reasonable measures within his or her power to prevent or repress the commission of the said offences," the committee has recommended.

Presently, there is no criminal liability for a CO of an Army unit in cases where his subordinates are involved in any kind of breach of discipline. It does of course invite administrative action, or even dismissed from service. The introduction of a criminal liability by a CO for actions of a junior would add a completely new and extremely challenging burden to being a CO, say army officers.

The Committee has also recommended amendments to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), saying, that "impunity for systematic or isolated sexual violence in the process of Internal Security duties is being legitimized" by AFSPA.





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Dear Seema Mustafa, Read your comments on the Security Forces, have you ever appreciated what the command of a unit involves . Can you make a person responsible for the acts of his more then 850 subordinates?more so when his is not present with them. I am sure you do not have any idea what commanding troops means. As it is strictures are passed on the commanding officers of any incident involving his subordinates. Pushing him to the wall will only be at the cost of his responsibility. Imagine  what the CO of Rajputana Rifles must have gone through after the Krishna Ghati incident, can the CO be held responsible for the deeds of the enemy. In your opinion he must be, this is just commenting for commenting sake without application of logic. I wish you could gather closer knowledge by being with a unit for few days and also go through the hell when deployed on LOC or counter insurgency duties. Regards,
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Dear Mr. Chiranjeev Karna,

Hindustan is a country where multi languages are in use.  Almost each States have their own languages.  Even predominantly Hindi speaking States, the spoken Hindi is different in each State.  Out of the total population, 30 to 40% may speak Hindi and the remaining population are speaking, Marathi, Gujarathi, Urdu, Bengali, Odisa, Thelugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Tulu, Bihari, Punjabi and the list will go long.  Most of the people are illiterate.  They may speak some language, but cannot read and write and it is applicable to Hindi speaking belt also.  How can you expect that all people will speak, read and write.  It is not known, how many generations it will take to reach to a common language. At the time of Independence, to unite the Country, Linguistic States were formed.  It looks now, that the decision is wrong. Even though, India is a united country, on language we are all divided   This barrier is to be removed first.

After forming Linguistic States, each State behaves like the erstwhile Princely States of Nizam, Mysore, Hyderabad, Trivancore, etc., etc.  Indra Gandhi scrapped Privy Purses for reasons best known to her.  But, new Princes have come up in the name of MPs, MLAs, Ministers, Governors, Presidents. After Independence. The wealth amazed and accumulated by the so called People's Representatives  is more than the Princes inherited. Even though, there are checks and balance in Democracy, this mechanism is not applied to check the wrong doers who flourish in the name of People's Representatives. The declared Wealth of some Ministers is more than 300 Crores and the average declared Wealth of Ministers is more than 50 Crores.  God only knows, what is their undeclared Wealth ?   How they  amazed this huge Wealth ? By inheritance ? From whom they inherited ? From their Father, Mother ? How they earned these Wealth ? Through Agriculture ? When Land Ceiling Acts have into force long back, how they possess such a vast landed property ? By Business ? Why Politicians allowed to do  Business when they have opted to serve the Public ? When the Politicians are not Educationists, how they are allowed to start Educational Institutions and become Vice Chancellors.  A Vice Chancellor should be an Academician ? A Vice Chancellor who has not even entered a High School are allowed to head a University and become  a VC ?  Central Ministers declaring when they file Nomination Papers to contest elections, that they have no Car, House and properties ? Election Commission is believing it and there is no Agency to verify these Declarations?  What a Shame ?  There is no end to list our Shame ? Let me stop it here.

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Re: [IAC#RG] Fwd: Justice Verma Report: Verma commission report draws armed forces' fire

Ms mustafa should spend some time with troops in Kashmir valley and then speak about the defence forces.  leave aside the forces for a moment, will madam say that wife be punished if her husband (only one person) has done rape. similarly CP of delhi should be punished if any of his constable/inspector is involved in rape. PM should be punished since many of his party MPs are facing such cases.  so mustafa ji what do you say ?.   
stop degrading  your soldiers in general if you wish to keep your freedom to speak. individual case is dealt by army swiftly and not like civilians cases .   


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Subject: [IAC#RG] Fwd: Justice Verma Report: Verma commission report draws armed forces' fire

The comment 

"If the CO can't ensure the conduct of his men towards women" 

I believe should be equally applicable to civil officials also. As the  Commanding  Officer in the  Defence Forces should  ensure such behaviourof the troops under his command, similarly, the civil officials should ensure behaviour oft he people that they are "ruling". In other words, it should be a level playing field for everyone. We have a number of MPs and MLAs etc who have sworn statements that they are facing such charges. In such cases, it would appear that the   concerned PM/CM is guilty of dereliction of his duties and as such should be held responsible and accountable.

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Ridiculous comments by some in the story. If the CO can't ensure the conduct of his men towards women all the more reason for the ordinary criminal laws of the land to be made applicable instead of protecting sexual molesters under AfSPA. 
The false case excuse has been heard many times before. One there are very few women who will say they have been raped when they have not; and besides surely the courts and the investigating authorities can be trusted to being justice? The army can always represent its men if it is convinced of their innocence in the courts.

Seema Mustafa

On 25-Jan-2013, at 9:40, swarup sarkar <swarup1973@gmail.com> wrote:

What can be our stand on this issue?

Verma commission report draws armed forces' fire

NEW DELHI: The J S Verma Committee report has come under intense criticism from security forces for suggesting "breach of command responsibility", holding a commanding officer (CO) responsible if a junior commits rape. The report's suggestion to amend the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has also been opposed by the armed and the paramilitary forces.

Many COs and senior officers are arguing that the breach of command responsibility was unacceptable and could lead to COs ending up in jail for upto seven years for the misdeeds of a junior.

"I have almost 1,000 personnel under me, and they are spread across some five kilometres. They could go on leave, or temporary duty. How am I to ensure their sexual conduct throughout the year, 24 hours a day?" asks the CO of an Army unit.

Officials in the Union home ministry too were taken aback by the panel's "unusual" suggestion to include "breach of command responsibility" as an offence under Section 376. "How can the officer commanding a battalion be held responsible if a junior he sends on a patrol suddenly chooses to go morally astray?" asked an officer, adding that vicarious liability in such a case is "nothing short of absurd".

Another senior officer of the security establishment indicated that the forces deployed in conflict zones like Jammu & Kashmir, Maoist-affected states and the insurgency-hit areas in the north-east, have to constantly guard against foisting of false cases by local, self-proclaimed rights groups who may actually be a front of terrorist or extremist groups. "The J S Verma committee's suggestion, if accepted, will only give such activists a legal handle to falsely implicate not only the jawan but his CO as well," the official warned.

A senior CRPF officer posted in a Naxal-infested area said, "Inserting breach of command responsibility in Section 376 is stretching the law too far. There is so much moral degradation in the society. Anyone can commit a crime on a given day. How can you hold the commanding officer responsible because a constable has gone berserk. No one will work for the forces then."

A BSF officer from the Eastern frontier added, "This is akin to jailing the mother for the crime of the son. We already have a mechanism where commanding officer is reprimanded for transgressions of a junior officer; administrative actions are taken. But punishing him for individual aberration is just not on. Unless there is an organised criminal behaviour in a unit, commanding officer cannot be held responsible."

The J S Verma Committee has recommended the introduction of a new section 376F in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for offence of breach of command responsibility. The proposal is to hold responsible "whoever, being a public servant in command, control or supervision of the police or armed forces...or assuming command whether lawfully or otherwise, fails to exercise control over persons under his or her command, control, or supervision and as a result of such failure" rape and similar offences are committed.

The COs would be held "guilty of the offence of breach of command responsibility" if he "failed to take necessary and reasonable measures within his or her power to prevent or repress the commission of the said offences," the committee has recommended.

Presently, there is no criminal liability for a CO of an Army unit in cases where his subordinates are involved in any kind of breach of discipline. It does of course invite administrative action, or even dismissed from service. The introduction of a criminal liability by a CO for actions of a junior would add a completely new and extremely challenging burden to being a CO, say army officers.

The Committee has also recommended amendments to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), saying, that "impunity for systematic or isolated sexual violence in the process of Internal Security duties is being legitimized" by AFSPA.




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