Need Urgent Police Reforms
The Police Act 1861 needs to be amended in accordance with the Supreme Court’s directives and the Model Police Act 2006 to minimise the scope of political interference in policing in states
This opinion was published in Financial Express on December 22, 2022.
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Lakshita is a Senior Resident Fellow in the Legal Design and Regulation team at Vidhi, New Delhi. Prior to joining Vidhi, Lakshita graduated with a B.A. LLB Hons. from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala in 2020 and thereafter completed the Master of Laws (LLM) course from the University of Cambridge in 2021. At Vidhi, she has been providing research and drafting assistance to Government Departments and Ministries for legislative and policy reform. Her research interests lie in working at the interface of administrative and constitutional law with a human rights perspective with the objective of ensuring access to justice for all.
