Chief Justice of India N. V. Ramana
By Meetu Jain
NEW DELHI, 8 August 2021: The Chief Justice of India (CJI) N. V. Ramana has indited the Indian police with strong words raising alleged human rights violations in police stations and lack of legal remedies for the accused.
The CJI was addressing people gathered for the release of the National Legal Services Authority’s legal service app and vision statement at the Vigyan Bhawan.
Livelaw. in reports: The threat to human rights and bodily integrity are the highest in Police Station”, the CJI said. “Custodial torture and other police atrocities are problems which still prevail in our society. In spite of constitutional declarations and guarantees, lack of effective legal representation at the police stations is a huge detriment to arrested/detained. Going by the recent reports even the privileged are not spared third-degree treatment “, he added
Speaking to the judiciary, the CJI said, ” “If judiciary wants to garner the faith of the citizens, we have to make everyone feel assured that we exist for them. For the longest time, the vulnerable population has lived outside the system of justice.
If we want to remain as a society governed by the rule of law, it is imperative for us to bridge the gap of accessibility to justice between the highly privileged and the most vulnerable. For all times to come, we must remember that the realities of socio-economic diversity which prevail in our nation cannot ever be a reason for denial of rights. Let our past not determine our future.” he said.
