Articles for Police Reforms

Police reforms necessary to improve effectiveness: TG DGP
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Police reforms necessary to improve effectiveness: TG DGP

The Hindu  

Police operations must be regularly reviewed and improved to enhance its effectiveness, said Telangana Director General of Police Jitender during a meeting organised by the Indian Police Foundation on Monday. The event, titled ‘Better Policing Through Police Reforms’, was hosted by the Indian Police Foundation, an organisation dedicated to research on police reforms, led by Vice President Ish Kumar, a …

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MNLU Mumbai: Call for Blogs On Police Reforms And Women Policing
1 year, 11 months ago

MNLU Mumbai: Call for Blogs On Police Reforms And Women Policing

Live Law  

Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai’ s Center for Advanced Legal Studies Training and Research, CALSTAR is committed to bringing academic, research and training activities relating to contemporary and futuristic issues. As part of their ongoing efforts to create awareness on pressing issues related to gender equality and upliftment of the society, blogs are invited on the theme of Police Reforms …

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States struggle with pushback after wave of policing reforms
2 years, 4 months ago

States struggle with pushback after wave of policing reforms

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — The national reckoning on race and policing that followed the death of George Floyd -- with a Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his neck -- spurred a torrent of state laws aimed at fixing the police. “There’s just that atmosphere of emboldened criminals and brazen criminality, and people telling law enforcement, ‘I know that you can’t do …

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Will the Supreme Court Prioritise Police Reforms For Speedy, Efficient Justice?
2 years, 6 months ago

Will the Supreme Court Prioritise Police Reforms For Speedy, Efficient Justice?

The Quint  

Segments of the police community and leadership in India want to observe 22 September as the 'Police Reforms Day' to mark the event in which the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India passed a slew of directives aimed at ‘reforming the police’ in exercise of its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India. The struggle for police reforms …

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Review: The Struggle for Police Reforms in India by Prakash Singh
2 years, 8 months ago

Review: The Struggle for Police Reforms in India by Prakash Singh

Hindustan Times  

This book has appeared at a time when the police is making headlines every day — mostly for the wrong reasons. The author, Prakash Singh, is renowned for his outstanding career in the police and also his petition in the Supreme Court which led to a landmark judgment that should have — but didn’t — change the course of policing …

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Find common ground for police reforms
2 years, 8 months ago

Find common ground for police reforms

Hindustan Times  

For the second time in two months, the police forces of two states clashed on Tuesday over the arrest of a person in a high-profile case. In the first case in May, Punjab Police sought to arrest Bharatiya Janata Party member Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga for alleged threats issued to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, but was thwarted by its …

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Reforms in limbo
2 years, 9 months ago

Reforms in limbo

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 26, 2022 18:00 IST The Struggle for Police Reforms in India narrates the story of former IPS officer Prakash Singh’s ten-year litigation in the Supreme Court for the implementation of the National Police Commission’s recommendations. Three institutions The Supreme Court ordered the setting up of three state institutions to insulate the police from extraneous influences and to …

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Former police officers slam drama over BJP member Tajinder Bagga’s arrest
2 years, 10 months ago

Former police officers slam drama over BJP member Tajinder Bagga’s arrest

The Hindu  

A decade ago, the police in two jurisdictions — Mumbai and Delhi — squabbled with each other over the arrest of a terror suspect. On Friday in an unprecedented turn of events, the police in three States — Delhi, Haryana and Punjab — bickered over the arrest and subsequent release of Bharatiya Janta Party member Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga. Former …

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Explainer: A history of police reforms in India
3 years ago

Explainer: A history of police reforms in India

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi : “After Independence, a lot of radical reforms were needed. In the landmark judgment, known as Prakash Singh & others vs Union of India, on September 22, 2006, the apex court directed all states to bring in police reforms. In its seven directives, the court asked for constituting a State Selection Commission to ensure that the state governments …

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The curious case of Parambir Singh
3 years, 4 months ago

The curious case of Parambir Singh

The Hindu  

Parambir Singh, former Mumbai Police Commissioner who is facing extortion and alleged homicide charges, seems to have vanished into thin air. Parambir Singh was the Police Commissioner when the “bomb scare” incident outside the industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s house took place on February 25. On July 30, the Thane Nagar police station registered a third extortion case against Parambir Singh and …

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Talks on police reforms sought by BLM protesters fail in Congress
3 years, 6 months ago

Talks on police reforms sought by BLM protesters fail in Congress

Al Jazeera  

Talks on police reforms in the United States that had aimed to stem the killings of Black Americans by police have failed in the US Congress after key Democratic negotiators were unable to reach an agreement with Republicans. In addition to banning chokeholds like the one that killed Floyd, the Democratic bill would have established a national database to record …

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Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain West Bengal Govt's Plea Seeking Permission To Appoint DGP Without UPSC's Involvement
3 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain West Bengal Govt's Plea Seeking Permission To Appoint DGP Without UPSC's Involvement

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain an application filed by the West Bengal Government seeking permission to appoint its own Director General of Police without Union Public Service Commission's involvement. Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra, appearing for the West Bengal Government, sought permission to withdraw the application after the bench expressed disinclination to entertain it. Asserting that the State …

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No Seriousness By Govts. To Implement Directions To Insulate Police Machinery From Political/executive Interference: Supreme Court in Param Bir Singh Order
4 years ago

No Seriousness By Govts. To Implement Directions To Insulate Police Machinery From Political/executive Interference: Supreme Court in Param Bir Singh Order

Live Law  

Supreme Court has on Wednesday observed that its 2006 judgement with regards to police reforms in the Prakash Singh's case is only a 'mantra recited periodically', wherever the occasion so suits. In Prakash Singh's case, besides directing all the states to set up Police Establishment Boards, the Supreme Court had fixed tenure for DGPs, and recommended constitution of State Security …

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High Time That Police Reforms Are Introduced In State To Bifurcate Law & Order Wing From Investigating Wing: Calcutta High Court
4 years, 3 months ago

High Time That Police Reforms Are Introduced In State To Bifurcate Law & Order Wing From Investigating Wing: Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

Noting that Criminal cases suffer because of lack of adequate investigation, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday observed, "It is high time that police reforms are introduced in this State to bifurcate the law and order wing from the investigating wing." The Court further directed that copy of this order should be forwarded to the Chief Secretary and the Home …

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Good Cop, Bad Cop: 'A Clean and Efficient Police Force is Our Birthright'
4 years, 8 months ago

Good Cop, Bad Cop: 'A Clean and Efficient Police Force is Our Birthright'

News 18  

“I’m a lawyer, so they could not get their way with me. "Less than half of the police personnel feel that SCs and STs within the police are given completely equal treatment when compared to other caste groups." Devyani Srivastava, a senior programme officer in the police reforms programme of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, says that during her work …

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Encounter Not A Procedure Established By Law; Condoning It A Disservice To Nation & Constitution : Justice Deepak Gupta
4 years, 8 months ago

Encounter Not A Procedure Established By Law; Condoning It A Disservice To Nation & Constitution : Justice Deepak Gupta

Live Law  

"The brazeness with which the law is being flouted does not protend good things for the country coming up," former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Deepak Gupta remarked recently during an interview with The Wire. "There is no doubt that the long delays in the court, in the judicial system, in delivering Justice in cases like this does cause anguish in …

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Jeyaraj-Bennix Custodial Deaths: Bring In Law Against Torture, Ratify UN Convention Against Torture; CHRI Urges Centre [Read Press Release]
4 years, 9 months ago

Jeyaraj-Bennix Custodial Deaths: Bring In Law Against Torture, Ratify UN Convention Against Torture; CHRI Urges Centre [Read Press Release]

Live Law  

The Executive Committee of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative chaired by former Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habiballah issued a statement on the recent torture and deaths of father and son, Jayaraj and Bennix in custody of the Tamil Nadu police in Sathankulam, Thoothukudy. The committee stated that the said incident is an acute demonstration of a broken criminal justice system and …

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US Congress, Trump contest police reforms after protests
4 years, 9 months ago

US Congress, Trump contest police reforms after protests

Al Jazeera  

Emotional US legislative debate comes as big states and cities move ahead with sweeping reforms of police departments. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Monday in Houston as he met with Floyd’s family that he does not support “defunding” police, a rallying cry of the protesters. “We need the police to stop killing us, to stop beating us up, …

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PIL Seeking Police Reforms: Bombay HC Seeks Reply From State Within 4 Weeks
5 years ago

PIL Seeking Police Reforms: Bombay HC Seeks Reply From State Within 4 Weeks

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the State government to file an affidavit in reply to the contentions raised in a Public interest Litigation regarding police reforms filed by two social activists Sanjay kale and Meera Kamath. In March 2019, the Supreme Court while hearing a PIL on police reform, had directed its registry to send records pertaining to …

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SC To Hear Plea For Implementation Of Guidelines On Police Reforms After Sabarimala Reference
5 years, 1 month ago

SC To Hear Plea For Implementation Of Guidelines On Police Reforms After Sabarimala Reference

Live Law  

Advocate Prashant Bhushan today sought urgent listing of a fresh plea seeking implementation of guidelines laid down in the Prakash Singh Judgment on police reforms. Bhushan referred to the riots which broke out in North East Delhi to highlight the pressing need for the court to issue directions for the implementation of the 2006 judgment.There must be a separate investigation …

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Caught in a time warp: With police reforms stalled, political pressure remains biggest hurdle to crime investigation
5 years, 6 months ago

Caught in a time warp: With police reforms stalled, political pressure remains biggest hurdle to crime investigation

Times of India  

Home minister Amit Shah, speaking recently at a function organised by the Police Research and Development Bureau, said in British era the police was raised to protect their interests, but now the duty of police was “protection of the people”, adding that since Independence more than 34,000 policemen across the country lost their lives in the line of duty. The …

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Batla House: Through a filter
5 years, 6 months ago

Batla House: Through a filter

The Hindu  

T he latest addition to John Abraham’s long list of “national security” movies is Batla House, the dramatic presentation of the controversial real-life police encounter in a stereotypical Muslim ghetto in South Delhi. In the climactic courtroom scene, John Abraham’s stoic character counters human rights lawyer Rajesh Sharma’s narrative that picks holes in the police investigation and questions their intention. …

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Only Officers With Minimum Service Of 6 Months Left Should Be Considered For DGP Appointment, Clarifies SC [Read Judgment]
6 years ago

Only Officers With Minimum Service Of 6 Months Left Should Be Considered For DGP Appointment, Clarifies SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Clarifying last year's order on police reforms in the Prakash Singh Badal case, the Supreme Court today said that only officers who have a minimum of six months tenure left in service should be considered for the post of Director General of Police. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the recommendation for post of DGP by the …

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SC rejects applications of five states seeking to appoint DGPs through internal committee, makes UPSC's assistance mandatory
6 years, 2 months ago

SC rejects applications of five states seeking to appoint DGPs through internal committee, makes UPSC's assistance mandatory

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the pleas of five states seeking modification of its order issued in 2018 on the selection and appointment of director generals of police. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the pleas of five states seeking modification of its order issued in 2018 on the selection and appointment of director generals of police. …

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