Criminal Law ill-equipped to Deal with Communal Riots
Noting that the general criminal law is ill-equipped to deal with communal riots cases, the Delhi High Court on November 28 suggested several reforms, including possibility of entrusting investigative and prosecution process in such cases to authorities other than normal agencies of the State.
Political Influence
- After each event of communal riots, allegations of political influence have worked as the root cause or for protection of those responsible.
- There have been no meaningful thought spared till date to usher in reforms in the judicial process to effectively deal with the cases of communal riots which were engineered, more often than not, ....
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