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100 _aSankaran, S.R.
245 _aCriminal justice system: a framework for reforms
260 _c1999
300 _ap.1316-320
362 _a29 May
520 _aIn the present scenario of the criminal justice system in the country, arrests run into millions, the jails are overcrowded mostly with undertrials and the courts are overstretched with several lakhs of pending criminal cases. Added to these are illegal detentions and extra-judicial killings as well as deaths in police and jail custody. Systemic reforms from a people-centred point of view are long overdue. Institutions like the National Human Rights Commission and the Supreme Court have to take the initiative in the matter as neither the state governments nor the central government seem to be interested in meaningful reforms. - Reproduced
650 _aJails - India
650 _aCrime - India
650 _aAdministration of justice - India
650 _aAdministration of justice
773 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
909 _a41095
999 _c41095
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