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I am compiling commentary around the "reform" process currently underway in India through the Committee for Reforms in Criminal Laws ( https://criminallawreforms.in/ ) based at the National Law University, Delhi. There are serious concerns about the Committee's composition and operation.
Broadly, the Committee is unrepresentative in character and opaque in its functioning. Its questionnaires are poorly designed and the timelines are too narrow for there to be real engagement. There are inadequate arrangements for consultation in local languages. To know more:
1. Letter from members of civil society available here: https://tinyurl.com/y2zkykns
Among other things, highlighting the absurdity of conducting this inquiry in the middle of a pandemic.
2. Letter from women practitioners: https://tinyurl.com/y3nw343c
Among other things, highlighting the absurdity of conducting this inquiry in the middle of a pandemic.
2. Letter from women practitioners: https://tinyurl.com/y3nw343c
3. Letter from advocates, academics, former judges and bureaucrats: https://tinyurl.com/yx8oj96e
4. Blogpost by Abhinav Sekhri: https://tinyurl.com/y6gcnovx
5. Blogpost by Lakshana Ramakrishnan and Arshdeep Singh: https://preview.tinyurl.com/y44pm5so
4. Blogpost by Abhinav Sekhri: https://tinyurl.com/y6gcnovx
5. Blogpost by Lakshana Ramakrishnan and Arshdeep Singh: https://preview.tinyurl.com/y44pm5so
6. Thread by @avani_chokshi, summarising presentations from @anugem, @vinaysreeni and Jawahar Raja: https://tinyurl.com/yxw6ms6z
7. Ritika Jain's report for Article 14, including a discussion on the inadequacy of the Committee's response to criticisms. She compares it with the Malimath Committee, which for all its flaws, submitted its report after 2.5 years and had a clear mandate: https://tinyurl.com/y233mfzh
9. Letter from members of the LGBTQIA+ community/ community-based organisations: https://tinyurl.com/y35h5xc6
(demanding suspension/reconstitution of the Committee, expansion of its consultation process, publication of all submissions received by it)
Thanks to @avani_chokshi for RTing
(demanding suspension/reconstitution of the Committee, expansion of its consultation process, publication of all submissions received by it)
Thanks to @avani_chokshi for RTing
