• 9964432222
  • Mail Us
  • Appointment
  • Locate Us
  • Chat Now
  • Courses
  • Login
  • Register
Manifest IAS
JournalsOfIndia
Manifest Learning Academy
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • SNIPPETSfor Prelims
  • ARTICLESfor Mains
  • BROWSEBY SOURCE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result
JournalsOfIndia
No Result
View All Result
Home Law & Policy

Police Complaints Authorities

November 4, 2021
in Law & Policy
Reading Time: 3 mins read
0
Police Complaints Authorities
764
VIEWS
Share on WhatsAppShare on TelegramShare on Facebook
image_pdfMake PDF

In news- Recently, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) asked the Union government and state governments to set up Police complaints authorities.

What is the Police Complaint Authority(PCA)?

  • PCA is a body that adjudicates allegations of improper or shoddy investigations, refusal to file FIRs, custodial torture grievous hurt, rape or death in police custody 
  • It makes recommendations to the government for taking disciplinary action against erring police officers.
  • In India, seventeen states have established the PCAs through State Police Acts, while ten states have done this through executive orders.

Key recommendations of NHRC-

  • The NHRC has asked the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the State Governments to set up Police Complaints Authorities as per the Supreme Court judgment in Prakash Singh vs. Union of India, 2006.
  • The NHRC’s core advisory group on criminal justice system reforms has said there is an immediate need to set up police complaints authorities at the State/UT and district level.
  • The core group, which met on August 18, recommended to the MHA and the States that the status of compliance should be displayed on the websites of the Ministry and the State Home Departments.
  • It also said the MHA and the Law Ministry should consider implementing the recommendations of the 113th report of the Law Commission to add Section 114 B to the Indian Evidence Act. 
  • This would ensure that in case a person sustains injuries in police custody, it is presumed that the injuries were inflicted by the police and the burden of proof to explain the injury lies on the authority concerned.
  • The core group also recommended making the legal framework technology-friendly to speed up the criminal justice system. 
  • It also recommended that the Supreme Court’s December 2020 order to instal CCTV cameras with night vision in all police stations should be “implemented immediately” to ensure accountability. 
  • Among the recommendations were the involvement of trained social workers and law students with police stations as part of community policing and incorporating community policing in police manuals, laws and advisories.

Current status-

According to data provided by the Home Ministry to the Lok Sabha in March, 16 States and UTs had implemented police complaints boards.

Law commission of India

  • It is an executive body established by an order of the Government of India.
  • Its major function is to work for legal reform. Its membership primarily comprises legal experts, who are entrusted with a mandate by the Government.

Section 114B of the Indian Evidence Act

  • It was originally passed in India by the Imperial Legislative Council in 1872, during the British Raj.
  • It contains a set of rules and allied issues governing admissibility of evidence in the Indian courts of law
  • The law is mainly based upon the firm work by Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, who could be called the founding father of this comprehensive piece of legislation.
image_pdfMake PDF
Source: The Hindu
Tags: News PaperPrelims

Related Posts

Euthanasia and a living will

Euthanasia and a living will

January 26, 2023
What is mandatory minimum sentencing?

What is mandatory minimum sentencing?

January 26, 2023
Law on lawyers advertising their work in India

Law on lawyers advertising their work in India

January 25, 2023
What are emergency provisions under the Information Technology Rules, 2021

What are emergency provisions under the Information Technology Rules, 2021

January 24, 2023
NCERT notified India’s first national assessment regulator- PARAKH

NCERT notified India’s first national assessment regulator- PARAKH

January 24, 2023
Rural Health Statistics 2021-2022

Rural Health Statistics 2021-2022

January 23, 2023
17th Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) for 2022

17th Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) for 2022

January 20, 2023
Three new Multi-state cooperative bodies formed

Three new Multi-state cooperative bodies formed

January 16, 2023
Kollam declared India’s first Constitution literate district

Kollam declared India’s first Constitution literate district

January 16, 2023
Lokur Committee on criteria for recognition of any community under the ST list

Lokur Committee on criteria for recognition of any community under the ST list

January 14, 2023
Please login to join discussion

Our Offline Classroom Student

CONGRATULATIONS TO 2021 TOPPERS !!!

Rank 171 Kumar Shivashish
Rank 250 Sahithya
Rank 263 Sumit Kumar Thakur
Rank 311 Deepak Ramachandra Shet
Rank 455 Ravinandan B M

January 2023
MTWTFSS
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031 
« Dec    

Browse by Category

  • Agriculture
  • Disaster Management
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • History
  • Law & Policy
  • Opinion
  • People in News
  • Places in News
  • Science & Tech
  • Security
  • Society
  • Sports
  • Uncategorized

Browse by Tags

AIR All India Radio BBC Business Line Business Standard dow Down to Earth DownToEarth DTE Economic Times ET FAO Financial Express GS-1 GS-2 GS-3 GS-4 Hindustan Times IE India & the world Indian express Indiatoday India today Kurukshetra Livelihoods portal LiveMint Mains News News Paper Newspaper PIB Prelims PRS India RSTV Science Reporter Survey The Hindu The India Express The Indian Express The Print the wire Times of India TOI TOPPERS Yojana
JournalsOfIndia

Our vision is to orient the readers to grasp the facts objectively and analyse critically. In the rush of reaching first to the readers, the websites miss the balanced opinion, which is the need of the hour. We aim to reach the readers with more crispness, preciseness and relevance. We bring the articles in UPSC way for the civil services aspirants and the Wisest Way for general readers.

Categories

  • Agriculture
  • Disaster Management
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • History
  • Law & Policy
  • Opinion
  • People in News
  • Places in News
  • Science & Tech
  • Security
  • Society
  • Sports
  • Uncategorized

Browse by Tag

AIR All India Radio BBC Business Line Business Standard dow Down to Earth DownToEarth DTE Economic Times ET FAO Financial Express GS-1 GS-2 GS-3 GS-4 Hindustan Times IE India & the world Indian express Indiatoday India today Kurukshetra Livelihoods portal LiveMint Mains News News Paper Newspaper PIB Prelims PRS India RSTV Science Reporter Survey The Hindu The India Express The Indian Express The Print the wire Times of India TOI TOPPERS Yojana

Newsletter

The most important UPSC news and events of the day.

Get Journals daily newsletter on your inbox.

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • SNIPPETS
  • ARTICLES
  • BROWSE
  • DOWNLOADS
No Result
View All Result

© 2020 JournalsOfIndia - A free initiative by Manifest Team.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In