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'''Justice On Trial''' (JOT) is a [[Gujarat]] based [[non-governmental organization]] that aims to promote unity and integrity of the nation through exposure of injustice prevailing in various areas of [[India]], with the goal of suggesting ways to eradicate them.<ref name=Times-Chennai>{{cite news | url=http://www.timeschennai.com/index.php?mod=article&cat=NewsOtherStates&article=1268 | title='Justice on Trial' conducts survey in J and K's militancy affected areas | publisher=Times-Chennai | date=8 June 2010 | accessdate=2011-05-12}}</ref> JOT chooses topics for enquiry on the basis of, "information received from various sources about grievances of classes of people in various parts of the country in respect of injustices and inequalities in various spheres of the society and the public response to such problems."<ref name="Jammu Terrorism Report">{{cite web|title=Justice On Trial:Enquiry Into the Situation of Terrorism -Affected People of Jammu Region of the State of Jammu & Kashmir |url=http://www.jammukashmirnow.com/justice-on-trial-report/ |publisher=Justice On Trial |accessdate=12 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709180158/http://www.jammukashmirnow.com/justice-on-trial-report |archivedate= 9 July 2013 }}</ref>

==Background==
Justice On Trial is a Trust duly registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act,1950 having its registered office at [[Ahmedabad, Gujarat]]. It is a non-government, non-political institution run by citizens who have decades of experience in working in diverse fields of human activity. The organization describes its mission as follows:<ref name="Jammu Terrorism Report"/>

<blockquote>Members of JOT are deeply concerned about the problems faced by various sections of the society in different parts of the country and are always ready to extend a helping hand to the affected people by enquiring into and finding out the root causes of the problem and providing and suggesting possible solutions as also by spreading information about the correct factual situation and by espousing the cause of the affected people before various government and non-government organizations. JOT aims at exposing and eliminating all kinds of injustices in the society at all levels and for this purpose institutes Enquiries and Fact finding Committees from time to time focussing on specific problems.</blockquote>

==Notable cases==
In 2006, JOT undertook a fact-finding committee in the [[Dang District, India|Dang district]] to determine the truth regarding conflicting reports surrounding the [[Shabari]] [[Kumbh Mela]], meeting with local [[Christians|Christian]] and [[Hindu]] leaders.<ref name="Interim Report">{{cite web|last=Soni|first=S.M.|title=Interim Report of Fact Finding Committee 2-2-2006|url=http://www.shabarikumbh.org/en/justice-on-trial-fact-report.pdf|publisher=Justice On Trial|accessdate=12 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828103108/http://www.shabarikumbh.org/en/justice-on-trial-fact-report.pdf|archive-date=28 August 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Another enquiry looked into the problems in [[Singur]] and [[Nandigram]] in [[West Bengal]] in the year 2007. It was headed by Honourable Justice Shri M. Ramkrishna, former Chief Justice of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu & Kashmir]] and [[Assam]] High Courts.<ref name="Jammu Terrorism Report"/>

A further enquiry was held on the incidents of the [[Kandhmal]] district of [[Orissa, India|Orissa]]. This committee was headed by Shri G.S. Gill, former Additional Advocate General of [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="Jammu Terrorism Report"/>

In addition, an enquiry was held to investigate the problems of the North Cachhar Hills of [[Assam]] under the chairmanship of Honourable Shri Justice M.V. Tamaskar, former Judge of [[Madhya Pradesh]] High Court. Eminent persons including Honourable Shri Justice S.M. Soni, former Judge of the [[Gujarat High Court]] and former [[Lokayukta]] of [[Gujarat]], Shri P.C. Dogra [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] (Retd), former Director General of Police, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], Shri Y.R. Patil IPS (Retd), and Smt. Nafeesa Hussain, former member of the [[National Commission for Women]], were associated with these enquiries as members of committee.<ref name="Jammu Terrorism Report"/>

In 2008, JOT published a report regarding the murder of [[Swami Lakshmanananda|Swami Laxmananand Saraswati]] by [[Christian Terrorism|Christian terrorists]] from the rebel group the [[National Liberation Front of Tripura]], pointing out that, "Christian missionaries attacked Swami eight times earlier for opposing clandestine conversion activities."<ref name="Rahman">{{cite news|last=Rahman|first=Shafi|title=Swami Laxmananand feared for his life: NGO|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/swami-laxmananand-feared-for-his-life-ngo-29378-2008-09-05|access-date=12 May 2011|newspaper=India Today|date=5 September 2008}}</ref> The report also dismissed claims that the murder was conducted solely by "Maoists."<ref name="Rahman"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Justice on trial tracks Missionaries behind the murder of Swami Laxmanananda|url=http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=255&page=4|accessdate=12 May 2011|newspaper=Organizer|date=21 September 2008}}</ref>

JOT conducted a survey of the [[Jammu region]] in 2010, finding that:<ref name="Times-Chennai"/>

<blockquote>...inadequate relief is being provided to the affected people while delay in processing relief cases, non-registration of migrated people of Jammu province, complaints regarding SRO-43, no payment of salaries to the SPOs, injustice with the VDCs, no special employment package for affected areas and worst condition of Talwara migrants are other problems being faced by the population in these areas.</blockquote>

All the above enquiries were completed within reasonable time and the reports of the committees were forwarded to high dignitaries and responsible authorities including the President of India and the Governors of concerned States. Action is being taken on the reports of these committees.

==Notable members==
* Justice S.M. Soni (Retd.), [[Gujarat High Court]] and former [[Lokayukta]] of [[Gujarat]]<ref name="Interim Report"/>
* Sardar Gucharan Singh Gill, Additional Advocate General, Government of [[Rajasthan]], [[Sikh]] Activist<ref name="Sangat Sansar">{{cite web|title=History Part I|url=http://www.sangatsansar.com/index3.asp?sslid=1233&subsublinkid=973&langid=1|work=Official Website|publisher=Sangat Sansar|accessdate=12 May 2011}}</ref>
* V.S. Kokje, former [[Himachal Pradesh]] Governor and Judge of [[Madhya Pradesh]], and former Acting Chief Justice of the [[Rajasthan High Court]]<ref name="Times-Chennai"/><ref name="Khajuria, Tribune">{{cite news|last=Khajuria|first=Ravi Krishnan|title=Problems of terror-hit people of Jammu region Delimitation of Assembly segments vital: Kokje|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110330/j&k.htm#2|accessdate=12 May 2011|newspaper=The Tribune (India)|date=29 March 2011}}</ref>
* P.C. Dogra [[Indian Police Service]] (Retd), former Director General of Police, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<ref name="Jammu Terrorism Report"/>
* Justice M.V. Tamaskar, former Judge of [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]]<ref name="Jammu Terrorism Report"/>
* Y.R. Patil [[Indian Police Service]] (Retd)<ref name="Jammu Terrorism Report"/>
* Nafisa Hussain, [[Muslim]] [[women's rights]] activist, and former member of the [[National Commission for Women]]<ref name="Jammu Terrorism Report"/><ref name="Interim Report"/>
* Captain M.K. Andhare<ref name="Interim Report"/>
* Retd Judge M.T. Kikani [[District and Sessions Judgse Ahmedabad, Ex Judicial Member, Gujarat Civil Service Tribunal, Ex Judicial Member, Railway Claim Tribunal, Guwahati Bench]]
* Yazadi Karanjia<ref name="Interim Report"/>
* Manishaben Joshi<ref name="Interim Report"/>
* Deen Mohammad Otha, M.D., a renowned gynecologist of [[Bhavnagar]], [[Gujarat]],<ref name="Jammu Terrorism Report"/>
* Yogesh Patel, M.D., psychiatrist of [[Vadodara]], [[Gujarat]]<ref name="Jammu Terrorism Report"/>
* Maya Bohra, prominent practising psychologist from [[Indore]]<ref name="Jammu Terrorism Report"/>
* Sukhpreet Kaur Grewal, prominent social activist from [[Bhopal]]<ref name="Jammu Terrorism Report"/>
* Shri Kanhaiyalal Joshi, social activist from [[Ahmedabad]]<ref name="Jammu Terrorism Report"/>
* Y.N. Karanjia, Dramatist, Educationist, winner of Gujarat Gaurav Award from [[Surat]]<ref name="Interim Report"/>

==See also==
* [[Indian NGOs]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Organisations based in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Law enforcement in India]]
[[Category:Police misconduct in India]]
[[Category:Year of establishment missing]]

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