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Police must realise they are public servants, not there to service only the elites and powerful

September 11, 2025 12:58 pm

Recovering gold chains, mobile phones of celebrities and elite politicians show that the police can do it, if they want

Anjana Krishna-Ajit Pawar incident shows why we need police reforms so urgently

September 10, 2025 11:13 am

Only a progressive, modern police upholding the rule of law under all circumstances, irrespective of the party in power, will help us realise the dream of a Viksit Bharat

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Knowledge Nugget: Why is the India Justice Report 2025 important for UPSC?

May 06, 2025 10:45 am

The India Justice Report (IJR) 2025 pointed that the number of pending cases in the judiciary has crossed the five-crore mark. Here are the key highlights from the report. In ‘Beyond the Nugget’, learn about the Rule of Law Index 2024.

The slow execution of the police as an institution continues. Who will save it?

August 12, 2022 2:15 pm

Meeran Chadha Borwankar writes: While politicians de-construct and destroy institutions, we the citizens are mute spectators

In his new book, former Uttar Pradesh DGP Prakash Singh writes about his long struggle to implement police reforms in India

July 17, 2022 4:10 am

The Struggle for Police Reforms in India recounts how the decline in policing started during the time of Indira Gandhi but refrains from commenting on recent controversial police actions in states such as Delhi, UP and Assam.

Creating citizen-centric police

September 23, 2021 7:45 am

Meeran Chadha Borwankar writes: Supreme Court's directions in 'Prakash Singh' have remained on paper, obstructed by politicians and corrupt police officers. People must demand accountability on police reforms.

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Chandigarh: Police Reform Commission urges Admin to reconstitute PCA

September 03, 2021 4:14 am

Though a notification about the formation of PCA in Chandigarh was issued in 2010, it remained dysfunctional for almost seven years due to various reasons including infrastructure, manpower, sitting place and no clear vision about the jurisdiction of the body.