South Regional Consultation on the necessity to amend the Tamil Nadu Police (Reforms) Act 2013 held on 7th September 2016 at Tirunelveli.It was jointly organised by Human Rights Advocacy and Research Foundation, Vaanmugil and Campaign for Custodial Justice and Abolition of Torture.

1. South Regional Consultation on the necessity to amend
the Tamil Nadu Police (Reforms) Act 2013
Wednesday, 7th
September 2016, Tirunelveli.
South Regional Consultation on the necessity to amend The Tamil Nadu Police
(Reforms) Act 2013 held on Wednesday, 7th September 2016 at Tirunelveli. It was
jointly organised by Human Rights Advocacy and Research Foundation, Vaanmugil
and Campaign for Custodial Justice and Abolition of Torture.
It was agreed by the participants that:
Basic features of the amendments should be
• Police Act should not give any coercive
powers to police
• Police Act need not reflect already existing
provisions in Criminal Procedure Code and
Indian Penal Code
• Any breach of DK Basu guidelines should be
punished severely
• Police department should act independently without interference, pressure from the
political parties and bureaucrats
Representatives of the political parties
who participated in this consultation
agreed that Tamil Nadu Police (Reforms)
Act 2013 need to be amended and
assured to make it an issue in their
respective local body election manifesto.

2. Dinakaran, 8th
September 2016
Malai Murasu, 7th
September 2016

3. Malaimalar, 7th
September 2016
Dinamalar, 8th
September 2016
Dinamani, 8th
September 2016