Saturday, May 1, 2010

Anachronism of OSA 1923 and myopic delusion of law makers/enforcers of India

I had shared this earlier with some.

Planning on an adventure hike in your area of interest and wished you had the military maps of your area ?

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/india/nc-43-07a.jpg
This is 1:25000 map of my home area Palghat


You can get the map of your area of interest  here:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/india/



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India Maps



The following maps were produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, unless otherwise indicated.
Country Maps Detailed Maps Historical Maps
  • Bhuj-Anjar Area, Gujarat (Topographic Map) original scale 1:250,000. Portion of Sheet NF 42-3, Series U502, U.S. Army Map Service 1959 (618K)
  • Bombay 1909 from The Gazetteer of Bombay City and Island. Volume 1. Bombay, India 1909 (386K)
  • Bombay 1954 (City Plan) original scale 1:50,000 U.S. Army Map Service 1954 (233K)
  • Bombay - North 1954 (Topographic Map) original scale 1:250,000. Portion of Kalyan, Sheet NE 43-1, Series U502, U.S. Army Map Service compiled in 1954 and printed in 1963 (548K)
  • Bombay - South 1954 (Topographic Map) original scale 1:250,000. Portion of Bombay, Sheet NE 43-5, Series U502, U.S. Army Map Service, compiled in 1954, no publication date given (314K)
  • Calcutta 1945 (City Plan) from The Calcutta Key: Welcome United States Army. United States Army Forces in India-Burma, Information and Education Branch. Calcutta, 1945 (356K)
  • Damao [Daman] 1954 (Topographic Map) original scale 1:250,000. Portion of Navsari, Sheet NF 43-13, Series U502, U.S. Army Map Service compiled in 1954 and printed in 1956 (549K)
  • Delhi and Vicinity 1962 (City Plan) original scale 1:50,000 U.S. Army Map Service 1962 (264K)
  • India 1700-1792 from The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923 (645K)
  • India 1760 from The Public Schools Historical Atlas edited by C. Colbeck. Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905 (222K)
  • India 1882 from A Dictionary Practical, Theoretical, and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation by J.R. M'Culloch. Longmans, Green and Co. London, 1882 (555K)
  • India and Pakistan Topographic Maps, Series U502, 1:250,000, U.S. Army Map Service, 1955-
  • Jaisalmer, Rajasthan (Topographic Map) original scale 1:250,000. Portion of Sheet NG 42-8, Series U502, U.S. Army Map Service 1959 (464K)
  • Kerala State (Topographic Map) original scale 1:1,000,000. Portion of Coimbatore sheet. NC 43, Series 1301. U.S. Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, 1965 (464K)
Thematic Maps
Maps on Other Web Sites _________________________________________________________________________________

If you are tech savvy, you can install a Google earth  software in your nexus one phone


Warning: Don't go any where near any intelligence or Defense  establishment lest some over  enthusiastic sleuth should book you under  OSA 1923 crime!
Punishment:
  1. Defense establishment: 14 years
  2. Intelligence est: 3 years

British lawmakers of 1923 did not know that you can get all this from  from public domain !

Indian lawmakers and law enforcers  of 2010 are still under myopic delusion!
Anachronism of OSA 1923 is self delusional.

The Intelligence and Security Committee is a committee of parliamentarians appointed by the Prime Minister of UK to oversee the work of the Intelligence machinery of the United Kingdom. It was established by the Intelligence Services Act 1994.[1] It is unique inasmuch as it is not a committee of Parliament, but consists of nine parliamentarians appointed by, and reporting directly to, the Prime Minister. In this capacity it has greater powers than a select committee of Parliament, being able to demand papers from former governments and official advice to ministers, both of which are forbidden to select committees.


In India, the local police SHO (thanedar) oversee application of OSA 1923 on the citizens of India!


One consolation is: In Pakistan and Bangladesh, things are no different

See for yourself:
  1. India: 
    1. http://www.helplinelaw.com/docs/THE%20OFFICIAL%20SECRETS%20ACT,%201923
  2. Pakistan
    1. http://www.intermedia.org.pk/mrc/medialawdocs/OfficialSecretAct.pdf
  3. Bangladesh:
    1. http://www.drishtipat.org/HRLaw/secrets.htm
    2. http://bdlaws.gov.bd/pdf_part.php?id=132
Why Official Secrets Act needs a review: B Raman October 01, 2007


Our laws are  lagging technology and society as that of Pakistan & Bangladesh!
Pakistan & Bangladesh has the excuse that their technology and society is also lagging far behind.
Do we have that excuse?

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