A 2003 report of a Committee on reforms in the criminal justice system that recommended admissibility of confessions made before a police oofficer as evidence in a court of law is being revisited by the Centre, a senior government offcial said. The Committee on Reforms of the Criminal Justice System, or the Justice Malimath Committee, was constituted by the Home Ministry in 2000 by then Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, who also held the Home portfolio. It was headed by Justice V.S. Malimath, former Chief Justice of the Karnataka and Kerala High Courts. DGP conference
The Commitee’s report was discussed at the annual Directors General of Police (DGP) conference held at Tekanpur in Madhya Pradesh earlier this month at which Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present. Mr. Modi attended the presentation made by Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) DG R.K Pachnanda on the Committee’s recommendations. Senior police ocers also briefed the Prime Minister on internal security. Asked if the government would implement the recommendations, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said, “Consultations will be held with the Law Ministry. Home Ministry cannot implement the report on its own.”
The Malimath panel had made 158 recommendations but these were never implemented.
The subsequent UPA governments from 2004 to 2014 did not act on the report either. Judges’ impeachment The Committee also suggested constituting a National Judicial Commission and amending Article 124 to make impeachment of judges less difficult.
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