It was over 2,300 years ago that Aristotle, in his Politics, recognised that power corrupts, that the desire of rulers to make their personal whims into a substitute for law brings about the degradation and collapse of the state.
This is highly apparent in this unfortunate republic. Sixty-four years ago, founder maker Mohammad Ali Jinnah proclaimed to his constituent assembly that the first duty of the state was the imposition of law and order, the protection of the life and property of its citizens, i.e. sovereignty of its laws. Good governance is heavily dependent on the state’s police force to combat crime, uphold the law and protect the citizens from militancy. Here it does not exist.
The Raj is generally blamed for the policing system established in the subcontinent after the so-called Indian mutiny of 1857.
The Police Act of 1861 was crafted to consolidate and perpetuate British rule in India, and was never meant to create a people-friendly law-enforcement system. The act gave the government superintendence over the police, but did not clarify the nature of such ‘superintendence’ or establish guidelines to restrict misuse of the police for partisan or unlawful purposes.........Read More
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