00843pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002000040245005500060260000900115300001600124362001100140520048200151650001900633650001100652773003400663180718b2006   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aGodbole, Madhav  aPolice reforms: pandora's box no one wants to open  c2006  ap.1179-184.  a25 Mar  aWhile the draft of a new Police Act is in the pipeline, this article emphasises the need to strengthen the role of the police in upholding the rule of law and to make them the protectors of the weaker sections of society. it argues that there is a need to evolve a broad political and civil society consensus on the complex and vital issues involved in the policing of the country. Without adequate public debates on these issues, it is futile to draft a new law. - Reproduced.  aPolice - India  aPolice  aEconomic and Political Weekly