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Judicial approach to police reforms and policy initiatives in India


● Abstract
According to the Constitution, the police are a state-run body. As a result, every state
has its own law enforcement agency. The Centre will also keep its own police forces
to help states uphold law and order. As a result, it continues to perform a variety of
specialized functions in seven Central Policing and many other police organizations,
including intelligence collection, investigations, research, recordkeeping, and
education. Police forces play a vital role in maintaining and implementing laws,
prosecuting crimes, and ensuring national safety and security. In a large and densely
populated country like India, police forces must be well- trained in terms of personnel,
arms, forensics, communications, and transportation support. They also need the
right to act in order to fulfil their professional responsibilities.

● police reforms in India


Prakash singh who served as a dig of Assam and UP filed a PIL in 2006. In his PIL, there
was a demand for 7 reforms. These were:
Limit political control. Constitute a State Security Commission.
Appoint based on merit.
Fix minimum tenure.
Separate police functions
Set up fair and transparent systems. .
Establish a Police Complaints Authority in each state.
Set up a selection commission.

● Response to police reforms in India


The Court directed to establish three institutions –

1) “The State Security Commission”, which would formulate broad policies and provide
direction for the police’s preventive and service-oriented functions.
2) “Police Establishment Board”, which is made up of the Director General of Police and
four other senior officers from the Department and is in charge of deciding on
transfers, postings, promotions, and other service-related matters for departmental
officers and men; and
3) “Police Complaints Authority”, which investigates serious wrongdoing by police
personnel at the district and state levels.

Also the Court directed that the “Director General of Police to be appointed by the state
government from among the three senior-most officers of the Department” who have been
nominated for promotion to that level by the UPSC, with a minimum tenure of two years.

Officers assigned to operational duties in the region, such as the IG Zone, DIG Range, SP
i/c District, and SHO i/c Police Station, would be required to serve for a minimum of two
years.

In addition, the court mandated that investigating officers be separated from law
enforcement officers in order to ensure a faster investigation, better expertise, and stronger
public relations. “The Union Government was asked to establish a National Security
Commission to appoint and position heads of Central Police Organizations,” as well as to
improve the efficiency of these forces and their employees’ working conditions.

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