New Delhi, March 21, 2012(pti): “Online registration of First Information Report will be possible” once server
and network is established by the year end or early next year, Home Minister P
Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha Wednesday.
Answering
questions on police reforms, he said the Centre was against selection of
Director General of Police of a state by Union Pubic Service Commission as has
been directed by the Supreme Court in 2006.
The
selection, he said, should be left to the states from among 3-4 senior
officers. Centre and state are on the same page on this issue.
The
Centre is also against giving a two-year fixed tenure to a DGP irrespective of
retirement age as cadre management would become very difficult, he said. States
too have expressed difficulty in following the direction, he said.
The
Supreme Court had also directed constitution of a State Security Commission,
separating investigating police from law and order police, setting up of Police
Establishment Board at state level to decide transfers, postings and promotions
of officers, and having Police Complaints Authorities at state and district
levels to go into complaints against police officers, he said.
The
Home Ministry has also filed an application for modifications in the judgement
on certain aspects like direction stipulating a minimum 2-year tenure for DGP,
he said hoping the apex court will strike a balance.
“As
far as states are concerned, I doubt if there is a consensus in this House or
the other House for implementation of police reforms,” he said.
“I
believe police is answerable to law. The police are not answerable to any man
or woman,” he said, adding civilian authority in administering law and order
and public order cannot be removed.
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