*Centre to introduce new police bill* ------------------------------ Press Trust of India http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=National&id=100464
Monday, February 5, 2007 (New Delhi): The Centre intends to introduce a new bill in the Budget session of Parliament to replace the archaic Police Act. "The Bill will aim at providing better and more efficient policing to the people," Home Minister Shivraj Patil told a meeting of the Consultative Committee of his ministry. The Home Minister, who chaired the meeting, said the bill could serve as model act for the States. He also informed the members that the government was trying to strengthen the police machinery at all levels. An official release later said that the members were generally in favour of the fixed two-year tenure of Directors General of Police (DGPs). Reflecting the Centre's keenness in carrying out the police reforms, the Home Minister has till now chaired half a dozen meetings on the draft Police Act on the basis of the recommendations of the Soli Sorabjee panel report and Supreme Court observations. The meeting of the consultative committee on the Soli Sorabjee report comes close on the heels of consultations Union Home Secretary V K Duggal recently had with chief secretaries and administrators of union territories. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is a battle for freedom. It is a battle for the reclamation of human personality." - Dr BR Ambedkar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala run by Global Alternate Information Applications (GAIA) To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
