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Malimath report faulted

BANGALORE, JAN. 10. The Justice Malimath Committee's report on Reforms of Criminal Justice System does not have a place for human rights, according to a review done by the South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM).

Speaking to presspersons here on Saturday, Ravi Varma Kumar, member of SICHREM, said that the committee while providing justice to the victims had forgotten about the rights of the accused.

Mr. Ravi Varma Kumar said that the committee had "upset the existing criminal system by reversing all the well-accepted and time-honoured principles of criminal jurisprudence," he said.

Mr. Ravi Varma Kumar said that there was more loss than gain from the recommendations.

Mr. Ravi Varma Kumar said that by reversing the burden of proof on the accused, the committee, was against considering an accused innocent until proven guilty, which, Mr. Ravi Varma Kumar said, was a settled principle of criminal jurisprudence.

The review of the report was done jointly by SICHEM and Voice Laws, a voluntary organisation, and it has been brought out in a booklet

form.

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