CRIMINAL NEGLECT
The Union home ministry has constituted a ‘Committee for Reforms in Criminal Laws’ to propose changes to three foundational pieces of criminal justice legislation—the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act. There is no dearth of instances, from the mundane to the extraordinary, showing that India’s criminal system is riddled with problems. Recent events have shown how extraordinary criminal laws such as the Unlawful Activities
