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SC frowns over cold response on police reforms
Monday April 01, 2013 10:55:06 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
Supreme Court Monday frowned over the lack of response from some
state governments to its notice seeking information on
implementation of police reforms ordered in 2006.
Describing as "unacceptable" and "totally unjustified" the conduct
of some state governments, the apex court bench of Justice G.S.
Singhvi and Justice Kurien Joseph said: "It is difficult to accept
if the governments think that they can play with the court's
orders."
The apex court March 11 issued notice to the union home secretary,
chief secretaries, home secretaries and directors general of
police of all states and administrators and police commissioners
of union territories, asking them about steps taken for police
functioning reform.
The court's observations came after Amicus Curiae Harish Salve and
Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati told the court that they had
together received 11 responses.
The judges said that "normally we are of the views that officers
should not be summoned to the court".
The court gave them time till Tuesday to file their responses.
The judges' were hearing a matter based on its taking suo motu
cognizance of the incidents of policemen beating a Dalit woman in
Tarn Taran in Punjab and agitating women teachers in Patna.
The court appeared unhappy with Bihar Police attempt to deny use
of force against the agitating teachers as Salve told the court
that "in Patna right from the beginning police force was used but
they don't admit it".
Justice Singhvi said that one can understand force being used to
disperse an illegal assembly or a violent mob but beating people
sitting inside tent can't be accepted.
Directing the listing of the matter Thursday, the court took a dim
view of the response filed by Punjab Police, who had sought to
underplay the Taran Taran incident.
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