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After more than six decades of Independence, the people of India are getting increasingly impatient for good governance, without which the objective of all round socio-economic development cannot be realized. They will not be satisfied with mere affirmations of commitment to governance reforms made by political parties in their election manifestos and the declarations of intent made by governments on assumption of office. The recent Lok Sabha elections have shown that even a modest investment in...

After more than six decades of Independence, the people of India are getting increasingly impatient for good governance, without which the objective of all round socio-economic development cannot be realized. They will not be satisfied with mere affirmations of commitment to governance reforms made by political parties in their election manifestos and the declarations of intent made by governments on assumption of office. The recent Lok Sabha elections have shown that even a modest investment ...

Hon’ble Justice J.S. Verma, Former Chief Justice of India; Mr. N. Gopalaswami, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India; Mr. Vikram Lal, President of Common Cause; Director of IIC; leaders of civil society;, academia and the media; veterans of public services; ladies and gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to extend a hearty welcome to you all to this day-long deliberation on the most pressing issue in our quest for good governance. This seminar is an attempt to develop a strategy ...

Introduction The role assigned to the police in 1861, when the Indian Police Act was enacted, was to safeguard the interest of the British colonial masters against a hostile local population whose uprising a few years earlier, had thoroughly shaken the British. Although many states have enacted their own versions of the Police Act since independence, the basic framework of these Acts and their supporting structure, namely the Indian Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and the Civil Procedure...

- Ajay K. Mehra* ...In discussing the demands of social justice today, the priority of critical reasoning cannot but be central. But how do we analyse these demands? In probing the idea of social justice, it is important, I would argue, to distinguish between an arrangement-focused view of justice, and a realisation-focused understanding of justice. Sometimes justice is conceptualised in terms of certain organisational arrangements (?) some institutions, some regulations, some behavioural rul...

- KS Subramanian* Naxalite/Maoist violence, atrocities and crimes against the SC/STs, development process and the special constitutional responsibility of government with regard to SC/STs are deeply interconnected issues. Discussion of Naxalite/Maoist violence must essentially be viewed from a social justice perspective not a national security perspective. At the CMs conference organized by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in 2006, the PM said the Naxalite violence was the &lsqu...

- N.S.Sisodia* This paper argues that the nature of security challenges is changing and in this context many of them can be met effectively, mainly through effective policing. To deal with them successfully, Police forces may have to act either on their own or in concert with the armed forces.. DEFINING NATIONAL SECURITY Traditionally, national security has been defined as the security of the nation state. This includes protection of its territorial integrity, its sovereignty and its ...

- Madhu Purnima Kishwar* India is facing unprecedented security threats from our hostile neighbours as well as from a whole range of home bred terrorists operating, not just in the Border States but also in large parts of heartland India. The US State Department has listed India “among the most terrorism affected countries” and noted that the archaic police system makes India ill equipped to meet the challenge. This is the first time that the failure of our Intelligence and secur...

- Ms. Nina Singh* OUTLINE ?? First rigorously evaluated Police reform project in the world. ?? 3-year collaboration between the Rajasthan Police and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) ?? Objectives: ?? Enhance police performance ?? Improve public perception ?? Gather objective information ?? Action: 4 reform initiatives evaluated in 150 police stations, 11 districts: 1. Transfers frozen 2. Rotation of duties and weekly days off 3. Community Observer...

- A Presentation by Dr. UNB Rao* POLICE ACT , 1861 In the wake of First War of Independence (Sepoy Mutiny) Earlier ‘Jamindari’ Police Systems Degenerated and highly Ruler supportive British introduced Irish Model Oppressive and regimental PREAMBLE FOR 1861 ACT Whereas it is expedient to reorganize the police and to make it a more efficient for the prevention and detection of crime Extremely limited role? PROVISIONS OF 1861 ACT ...