NGO urges Centre, states to affect police reforms
24 Sept 2016 3:56 AM IST
A human rights group body today urged the Centre and the state governments to take measures in this direction. On the occasion of the Police Reforms Day, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), an NGO working in the field of human rights, called on the states and the Centre to give their urgent attention to improve policing.
“A decade since the Supreme Court directed the states and Union Territories to comply with seven binding directives, both states and the Centre have dragged their feet to put in place mechanisms that would improve policing,” it said.
The seven directives issued by the SC while hearing a case in 2006 include- limiting political control, appointments based on merit, fixing minimum tenure, setting up fair and transparent systems, establishing a police complaints authority in each state and setting up a selection commission.
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