The Indian Police Act dates back to 1861 and
there is lot these days to suggest newer ways and means to Police the society the way the modern norms dictate. But when it comes to India we only seem to indulge in what can still be called 'basking in the glory of the British system'...Fact remains ..why can't we really follow the British pattern of the modern day when in the event of the law and order failing..the sociologists,academicians,thinkers,lawmakers,legal luminaries put their heads together to diagnose the malady and suggest a remedy without blaming the police for their failure...after all the Police are working...don't mind it please...at the diktat of the 'ones who are at the helm of affairs' and not as per the diktats of their conscience...or as per the provisions of the Law of the Land...not at all to suggest that they are the people from the 'back of the beyond'....Police reforms do need some thoughtful churning at the level of the common man who are to be policed.(Photo courtesy Net)
there is lot these days to suggest newer ways and means to Police the society the way the modern norms dictate. But when it comes to India we only seem to indulge in what can still be called 'basking in the glory of the British system'...Fact remains ..why can't we really follow the British pattern of the modern day when in the event of the law and order failing..the sociologists,academicians,thinkers,lawmakers,legal luminaries put their heads together to diagnose the malady and suggest a remedy without blaming the police for their failure...after all the Police are working...don't mind it please...at the diktat of the 'ones who are at the helm of affairs' and not as per the diktats of their conscience...or as per the provisions of the Law of the Land...not at all to suggest that they are the people from the 'back of the beyond'....Police reforms do need some thoughtful churning at the level of the common man who are to be policed.(Photo courtesy Net)
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