Consultative Committee welcomes attempt to draft National Policy on Criminal Justice

The Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Home Ministry today welcomed the Centres attempt to draft the National Policy on Criminal Justice.

New Delhi, July 10 : The Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Home Ministry today welcomed the Centre's attempt to draft the National Policy on Criminal Justice.

At a meeting here, which was presided over by Home Minister Shivraj Patil, the members made certain suggestions during their presentations.

Patil assured them that good points emerging out of the wide consultation process on this issue would be incorporated while formulating the policy. He also emphasized the need to create more awareness among the common people about the existing laws.

Today's meeting was in continuation of the meeting of the Consultative Committee held on the same subject on May 4 this year.Debabrata Biswas, Urkho Gwra Brahma, Raj Mohinder Singh, Dr. K. Malaisamy and Jai Prakash Agarwal of the Rajya Sabha and Mani Kumar Subba, Mohanbhai Delkar, Sarbananda Sonowal and Mohan Singh of the Lok Sabha attended the meeting.

Ministers of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal, Manikrao Gavit and. V. Radhika Selvi, and Special Secretary in the Union Home Secretary, M.L. Kumawat were also present at the meeting.

The Consultative Committee has been given the task to prepare a draft national policy statement on Criminal Justice System in the country keeping in mind various prevalent laws relating to the criminal law and the criminal procedure, court orders delivered by different courts in various cases; commensurate with the contemporary ethos, norms, values and cultural changes in the society; taking into account changing profile of the crime and criminal; and to constitute a justice delivery system which is closer, faster, fairer, uncomplicated and inexpensive.

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