Helpless in Unnao | The Indian Express

Helpless in Unnao | The Indian Express

Written by Prakash Singh |Published: August 5, 2019 3:56:50 am

The writer is chairman, Indian Police Foundation.

Helpless in Unnao

State institutions have been complicit in denying justice to the victim.

Police and people stand near the wreckage of the car in which the Unnao rape survivor was travelling during its collision with a truck near Raebareli. (PTI Photo/File)

The criminal justice system of the country is “virtually collapsing” and “as it is slow, inefficient and ineffective, people are losing confidence in the system”. This was stated by the Justice Malimath Committee (2000-2003), which had been constituted to recommend reforms in the criminal justice system. Thanks to certain lobbies, the salient recommendations of the Committee were never implemented. Meanwhile, the system continues to go down a slippery slope.