Mangalore, Jan 13: High Court former Judge Justice B Padmaraj gave a call to the police and the judges to overthrow the generally prevailing feeling that law is for lesser mortals. The courts should do their jobs independently and impartially without being influenced by any outside forces, he said.
He was speaking after inaugurating a one-day workshop on Goonda Act for senior officials organised by the Inspector General of Police (Western Range) office and Police Commissioner's office in association with Advocate General's office, Bangalore, at Police Commissioner's office on Saturday.
Stressing on the role of courts in imparting impartial justice, he said the courts are the custodians of civil rights and the judges must be aware that everyone is equal in the eyes of law.
Speaking about the preventive detention, the law that exists only in India, he said the police should be very cautious while detaining someone as a preventive measure. The preventive detention should be done in the narrow limits, by not violating the fundamental rights guaranteed to the citizens in the Indian Constitution. “If there are procedural errors in implementing legal rights, they could be amended, but the errors in enforcing Constitutional rights could not be repaired,” he said.
Meanwhile, the former judge also emphasised on the need to adopt a proper crime control model for preventing crimes. Taking the example of USA which followed due process of law over crime control model, that led to the increased crime rates in the nation, Justice B Padmaraj said India should adopt the crime control model to control the crime rates.
Pointing at the Delhi rape incident, he said the incident has made the general public, specially the youth to develop a feeling that the society is not safe for them. The youth have also raised concern over the loopholes in the maintenance of law and order by the administrative forces. Hence, it is the responsibility of the administrative machineries, in particular the police, to ensure that they respond to the call of the society.
Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Pratap Reddy, in his introductory remarks felt the need to make use of the provisions of the existing laws rather than concentrating on introducing new laws.
District Sessions Court Judge Ashok Nijagannavar and others were present.
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