Fast-Tracking Justice
Menon committee recommends:
- Crimes to be reclassified under four codes; tackling marginal offences via civil/administrative procedures
- Online registration of FIRs
- Statements to police on audio or video be made admissible evidence
- Code of Ethics for criminal lawyers; legal help for the poor and weaker sections; better witness protection
- Liberal use of bail and probation, to avoid short-term imprisonment.
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