Law panel suggests monetary, non-monetary relief to wrongful prosecution victims
Thursday - August 30, 2018 10:56 pm ,
Category : INDIA
New Delhi Aug 30 (IANS) The Law Commission on Thursday submitted its report to the government over the issue of "wrongful prosecution" of innocents recommending enactment of a specific legal provision for redressing cases in terms of monetary and non-monetary compensation.
"The report gives an overview of the remedies available under the existing laws and discusses their inadequacies " an official release said.
"The Commission accordingly recommends enactment of a specific legal provision for redressing cases of wrongful prosecution to provide relief to the victims of wrongful prosecution in terms of monetary and non-monetary compensation such as counselling mental health services vocational or employment skills development etc. within a statutory framework " it said.
According to the Law Commission the report looks at the issue from the context of Indian Criminal Justice system and recommends ‘wrongful prosecution to be the standards of miscarriage of justice as against ‘wrongful conviction and ‘wrongful incarceration .
--IANS aks/prs
"The report gives an overview of the remedies available under the existing laws and discusses their inadequacies " an official release said.
"The Commission accordingly recommends enactment of a specific legal provision for redressing cases of wrongful prosecution to provide relief to the victims of wrongful prosecution in terms of monetary and non-monetary compensation such as counselling mental health services vocational or employment skills development etc. within a statutory framework " it said.
According to the Law Commission the report looks at the issue from the context of Indian Criminal Justice system and recommends ‘wrongful prosecution to be the standards of miscarriage of justice as against ‘wrongful conviction and ‘wrongful incarceration .
--IANS aks/prs
