Building a Better India – Part13: Police reforms  

June 30, 2014

The single biggest reform required in the Indian police system is to insulate it from the control of politicians and the ruling government

Dalbir Chhibbar

Policing is regulated by the obsolete and archaic Police Act of 1861. Few states, police being a state subject under article 246 of the constitution, have enacted their own police laws but all of these laws have the imprint of the same Police Act of 1861. The police acts and police functioning need major changes and reforms based on reports of various committees formed ove the last 25 years.

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