RT Article
T1 Towards a witness centric approach: analysis of witness protection scheme, 2018
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 75
IS 5
SP 433
OP 444
A1 Verma, Shankey
A1 Krishnakumar, Akshaya
A2 Krishnakumar, Akshaya
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1826714383
AB Legislation on witness protection was long overdue in India. In the wake of several incidents of attacks on witnesses, the Supreme Court of India directed the Centre to formulate a scheme to safeguard the interests of witnesses. On December 5, 2018, the Supreme Court approved the Witness Protection Scheme submitted to it by the Centre. It directed all the states and union territories to formulate legislation regarding the same. While few states adopted the scheme in its letter and spirit, many have not taken any step in this regard. The paper aims to critically examine the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 by discussing the major provisions and looking at various challenges to its implementation. On examining the provisions of the scheme carefully, the authors found that the majority of the provisions in the scheme provided a framework for protection of witnesses from threats and intimidation. However, there are some areas that the scheme failed to address including online intimidation, issues of funding, maintain police force balance, mental well-being of witnesses, and interests of vulnerable witnesses. Several recommendations are provided that can be adopted to make the scheme more witness centric.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 442-444
K1 Criminal Justice System
K1 Witness intimidation
K1 Witness protection
K1 Witness protection scheme
DO 10.1007/s10611-021-09942-5