Police Reform

The State's response to ongoing anti-CAA protests has one major lesson: India desperately needs police reform

The protests highlighted the incapacity of the police to deal with any form of dissent and constitutional protests. It was evident that archaic response mechanisms, symbolic of our colonial legacy, still dominated police practices.

No police reforms would work without improving state of constabulary; SC order to fix term for top cops could promote sycophancy

The real challenge of police reform in India lies in providing proper training to the constabulary and inculcating in them a sense of confidence and discipline to make them aware that they are beholden to the law of the land and no one else.

Not dharna, here's 5 ways police reform can actually be done

The events that unfolded in Delhi last month culminating in the dharna, could have provided a great platform for all right-minded citizens, legislators, journalists and opinion-shapers to fix the spotlight firmly on the issue of police reforms.

Delhi gangrape: Justice Verma's recommendations not yet implemented

Many of the Justice Verma committee recommendations have mostly vanished from public memory and, more tragically, from the memory of government authorities charged with providing women safer public spaces and more effective policing

SC calls chief secretaries of four states for failure to implement police reforms

Chief Secretaries of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh were today summoned by the Supreme Court for their failure to file affidavits on implementation of its direction on police reforms