India has legacy of its
institutional experiences from its past political systems. Indian political
thinkers have commented on the political obedience India has shown towards
various political systems like monarchy, colonialism and democracy but fortunately
Post - independence period adopted democracy which has experiences of British
colonial rule. Magna Carta 1215 gave direction to many countries of the world
like United States of America India etc. to adopt Due process of law which lays
the foundation of the principle of rule of law. Post colonial thinkers have
drawn our attention towards the nature of law and order which India has adopted
from British rule. Although India has established law and order system keeping
rule of law in mind, there is still lacunae in practical application of laws
which can be seen by the role by police in handling law and order in India. And
similar experiences are shared by American political thinkers who comment that
Due process of law adopted after Civil War in America is losing its meaning by
the misuse of power at the hands of police. This reveals misuse of rule of law
in US as well as India but also parliamentary interference into judicial
matters. This happens because police is a state subject and has been given
powers to control law and order by the state. Due to poor criminal justice
system India fails to give real meaning to the due process of law which was
adopted from British system. US multicultural society experiences population
from Africa, Asia, Middle East etc. Most of the immigrants are facing fake
encounters and cruelty through strict police investigations in the name of
crime control in US. It needs to be checked and both societies must together as
largest democracies of the world must re-interpret the Due Process of law.
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