{"id":265619,"date":"2023-10-20T19:05:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=265619"},"modified":"2023-10-20T19:06:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:36:03","slug":"why-slls-also-need-to-be-reformed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-slls-also-need-to-be-reformed\/","title":{"rendered":"Why SLLs also need to be reformed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/strong>This post has been created based on the article \u201cWhy SLLs also need to be reformed\u201d<\/strong> published in The Hindu<\/strong> on 20th<\/sup> October 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Indian Polity \u2014 Structure, organization, and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary.<\/strong><\/p>\n

News<\/strong>:\u00a0This article discusses the significance of Special and Local Laws (SLLs)<\/strong> in the wake of recent criminal law reforms. It also highlights the reasons behind the need for reform in SLLs.<\/p>\n

Special and Local Laws (SLLs)<\/strong> include \u201cSpecial laws\u201d enacted by the Parliament to deal with a specific subject.\u00a0\u201cLocal laws\u201d are laws local to a particular region or a state.<\/p>\n

SLLs have been kept away from the ongoing reform process, with respect to the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and Indian Evidence Act (IEA).<\/p>\n

What is the significance of SLLs?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

SLLs have immense relevance in the Indian criminal justice system.<\/p>\n

1) In quantitative terms:<\/strong> Nearly 40% of all cognisable offences registered in 2021 were under SLLs, as per the Crime in India Statistics of 2021.<\/p>\n

2) In qualitative terms:<\/strong> SLLs have given rise to several important debates regarding the limits on the state\u2019s power of criminalisation especially in the context of violation of individual rights and liberties.<\/p>\n

Why is there a need for reform in SLLs?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1) Ambiguous and vague definitions of offences:<\/strong> For e.g. terms such as \u2018terrorist act\u2019, \u2018unlawful activity\u2019 etc. in Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA).<\/p>\n

2) Issues with application of laws: <\/strong>For e.g., POCSO Act, 2012 being applied to consensual sexual activities between minors.<\/p>\n

3) Excessive criminalisation of mere civil or regulatory wrongs<\/strong><\/p>\n

4) Dilution of due process of law: <\/strong>For e.g. The stringent provisions provided for under Section 43 of the UAPA make it impossible to get bail.<\/p>\n

What should be done?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

SLLs should find a place as separate chapters within the larger structure<\/strong> of the IPC or the CrPC.<\/p>\n

Reforms should be brought in to address the non-inclusion <\/strong>of the substantive and procedural aspects of the SLLs in the ongoing reform project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: This post has been created based on the article \u201cWhy SLLs also need to be reformed\u201d published in The Hindu on 20th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Indian Polity \u2014 Structure, organization, and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary. News:\u00a0This article discusses the significance of Special and Local Laws (SLLs)… Continue reading Why SLLs also need to be reformed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,225,10498],"class_list":["post-265619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-polity","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":61,"cached_at":1698380137,"cached_date":1698464198},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}