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US experts give presentation on ‘criminal justice system
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Tuesday, 25 March 2014
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Srinagar: The legal experts from US on
Tuesday delivered presentations and held interaction with the students and
other dignitaries here at Central University of Kashmir (CUK). The event was
organized by Zonal Police Headquarters, Kashmir, in collaboration with Indian
Institute of Public Administration, Regional Branch Jammu and Kashmir Bank and
CUK.
According to GNS, the experts in their presentation
deliberated on the liabilities of police personnel and different aspects of
improving the criminal justice system besides educational performance and
domestic violence against women.
Dr. Robert D Hanser, a senior professor in the criminal
justice system and a coordinator of the criminal justice programme University
of Louisiana USA in his presentation gave a detailed description of his
research in civil liabilities in criminal justice system in different parts of
the world. He focused on different aspects of improving the system that suit
the requirements in diverse cultures and ethnicities.
Dr. Diana Bruns, who is a senior faculty member/research
expert working in the University of Missouri USA spoke on educational qualities
and police performance besides domestic violence against women. She informed
that her study has revealed that out of 15000 Police deptts in US only 285 are
headed by women Police officers.
She also shed light on the crimes against women and
impact of college education on police performance and backed her arguments with
the data of her research on these subjects.
Vice Chancellor, Central University of Kashmir, who was
the chief guest on the ocassion stressed on the need to focus on speedy, fair
and transparent investigations and trials in order to make the criminal justice
system more productive.
He said that the quantum of punishments cannot be as
important as the speedy disposal of cases. He added that coordination between
the elements of criminal justice system i.e Legislature, Executive and
Judiciary is highly needed to achieve the desired results.
Principal District and Sessions Judge, Srinagar, Mohammad
Shafi Khan who presided over the function said the criminal justice system is
constantly evolving to better deliverance with each passing day. “The system
that we inherited from British is being constantly improvised by the
Legislature and the Supreme Court to provide better delivery of justice to the
people of the country,” he said and asserted that judiciary and executive are
prime requisites that need to be worked on, in order to give a better delivery
of criminal justice system to the future generations.
Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, A.G Mir in his
address said that due to globalization, the happenings in one part of the world
have direct impact on another part of the world. “Likewise, the criminal
justice system of one place is impacting the criminal justice system of another
place,” IG said.
“The technical advances have made things somewhat
complicated for criminal justice system, so it is imperative to understand the
criminal justice system of other countries as well,” Mir added.
Concluding the session, DIG, CKR Syed Afadul Mujtaba enunciated
the approach adopted by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in the cases of domestic
violence. He said we have established a police station specifically meant for
the cases of domestic violence. “In cases of marital discord where violence is
not present the police tries to negotiate a settlement between the wife and
husband so that they carry on with their relationship in future as well,”
Mujtaba said, adding that the cases of domestic violence are investigated and
chargesheeted as per laws and procedures laid by the book.
He said the structure of the police organization in the
last two decades underwent a change and had to adopt an approach of force
multiplier. “Law is easily enforceable when more and more people are on the
side of law,” Mujtaba added.
Other dignitaries present during the interactive session
included SSP Srinagar Amit Kumar, Joint Director Prosecution Mohammad Ashraf,
Honorary Secretary IIPA Kashmir G M Andrabi, Chief Prosecuting Officers, Zonal
SPs, SDPOs and prosecuting officers. (GNS)
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