Gandhinagar A delegation of Gujarat Congress led by state party president Bharatsinh Solanki and Leader of Opposition Shankersinh Vaghela visited Raj Bhawan in Gandhinagar and presented memorandum to Governor requesting him not to approve GUJCOTOC bill passed by Gujarat Assembly. Congress in its memorandum said that the bill proposes telephone intercept power to police which violates fundamental rights of citizen and also violated Indian Telegraph Act. Congress delegation argued that ...Read More

Gandhinagar Gujarat Assembly today passed by a majority vote the Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC or GUJCOTOC) Bill which allows police to intercept and record telephonic conversations and submit them in court as evidence. It was passed by a majority vote amid stiff resistance from Opposition Congress, which walked out of the House over its controversial provisions. The provisions of the bill include admissibility of evidence collected through telephonic intercepti...Read More

Gandhinagar After failing to get Presidential assent for its anti-terror bill thrice, Gujarat government has decided to introduce Gujarat Control of Organised Crime (GUJCOC) Bill in a new form in the Assembly but it will retain some of the controversial provisions. The GUJCOC bill, which is on the lines of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), was rejected in 2004 and 2008 by the then President AJP Abdul Kalam and Pratibha Patil respectively who had suggeste...Read More