Slow pace of reforms in the ‘criminal justice system’ worries NHRC group
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Polity & Governance
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23rd Aug, 2021
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Context
A group of experts from the NHRC expressed serious concerns over the “slow pace of reforms in the criminal justice system”.
Key-highlights
- According to estimates, there were about 4.4 crore pending cases in the Supreme Court, High Courts and district courts.
- Delays in disposal of cases result in human rights violations of both the undertrials and convicted prisoners, and others related to the cases.
- In the criminal justice system, not only trials are getting delayed, but court orders convicting a person also took years to implement.
What is the criminal justice System?
- The Criminal Justice System (CJS) includes the institutions/agencies and processes established by a government to control crime in the country.
- This includes components like police and courts.
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Suggestions
- Digitisation of documents would help in speeding up investigations and trials.
- Special laws and fast-track courts could replace certain offences under the IPC in order to reduce the piling up of cases.
- Awareness on law among police personnel, study into the rate of conviction of police officials and their non-compliance of law.
- Increasing the number of police personnel, introduction of social workers and psychologists in the criminal justice system were some of the suggestions to make it better.
- The focus also needs to be on the victim’s rights and smart policing.
About NHRC
- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India was established on 12 October, 1993.
- The statute under which it is established is the Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993 as amended by the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006.
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