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Police Reforms

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Police reforms, is to secure professional indepen-dence for the police to function truly and efficiently as an impartial agent of the law of the land and, at the same time, to enable the government to oversee the police performance to ensure its conformity to the law. A supervisory mechanism without scope for illegal, irregular or mala fide interference with police functions has to be devised, Prakash Singh v. Union of India, (2006) 8 SCC 1.

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