The West Bengal Government has introduced two significant Bills in the State Legislative Assembly aimed at strengthening preventive policing and creating a statutory mechanism for recovering compensation for damage to public and private property caused during riots, unlawful assemblies and other disturbances. The Bills were published in the Kolkata Gazette on June 24, 2026. West … Continue reading West Bengal Introduces Public Safety Bill to Provide Preventive Detention of ‘Goondas’; Separate Bill to Establish Claims Commissions for Riot Damage Recovery