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CrPC Amendment bill and Judicial reforms - Seminar in Delhi March 7th 2009, 3PM - 7PM
Seminar & Panel Discussion
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CrPC Amendment bill and Judicial reforms
Lawyers strikes, legal debates and public views
Chief Guest: Shri Shanti Bhushan (Former Union Law Minister) (March 7th 2009, 3PM - 7PM Main Hall, Scope Convention Centre, Scope Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110003)
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(Contact: Dr. Anupama Singh E-mail: seminar@rakshakfoundation.org )
Speakers and Panelists:
1) Former Law Minister Shri Shanti Bhushan2) Honorable Justice VS Malimath (former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court)
3) Honorable Justice SN Dhingra (Judge, Delhi high Court)
4) Professor NR Madava Menon, Director, National Judicial Academy, Bhopasl
About Seminar
Independent India being the biggest democracy in the world did achieve several golden milestones, the latest being Chandrayaan the Moon Mission, but are we yet bold enough to ensure the civil rights to our citizens? Are we really independent as Mahatma Gandhi envisioned?
The great man and his team could give India freedom from the physical presence of external rulers but it is startling that post independent rulers couldn’t establish a home grown Act for policing. The Indian Constitution makes policing a state subject and therefore state governments have the responsibility to provide their communities with a police service. Most of them are still following the British Colonial police Act, 1861 as is; while others have passed laws which are heavily based on the aforesaid Act.
Since independence we have recognized the need for reforms of police and criminal justice in India and we have seen many commissions and committees, right from National Police Commission set up after emergency in 1979, but none of those suggestions ever seen the day light and the reports are covered with dust in government shelves without implementation. Most of the commission’s reports which came later were limited to prioritizing the recommendations of previous committees.
One of the government committees that differ from the previous committees was the 2001-2003 Malimath Committee on Reforms of Criminal Justice System. Apparently, this committee has very well paid attention to recommend required amendments in CrPC so as to include some of the key suggestions of National Police Commission. It gives pleasure to majority of Indians to know that our government decided to incorporate the committee suggestions in The code of criminal procedure (amendment) bill, 2008 (as passed by the houses of parliament— Rajya Sabha on 18th December, 2008, Lok Sabha on 23rd December, 2008) assented to on 7 Jan 2009 as act No 5 of 2009.
Will this law ever get notified? This seminar will provide a stage to discuss this amendment and judicial reforms, how is it going to help building our nation better and its passive effects that may occur in the future.
