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India Justice report-2020
February 6 , 2021
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- It is prepared by the Tata Trusts in collaboration with the
- Centre for Social Justice,
- Common Cause,
- DAKSH organisation,
- Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and
- The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.
- The Report assesses the capacity of various states to deliver justice.
- Maharashtra was ranked topmost among 18 states for the second time in a row.
- It was followed by Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
- Uttar Pradesh remains last.
- Amongst the smaller states, Goa remained at the top and Arunachal Pradesh at the bottom.
Other findings
- Bihar leads the list of 25 states for employing most women in its police force (25.3%).
- It is the only state to have more than 20% women in the police force.
- Tamil Nadu has the highest percentage of women police officers (24.8%),
- It is followed by Mizoram (20.1%).
- Only 29% judges in High Courts across the country are women.
- But no state except Sikkim has over 20% women judges.
- Bihar, Uttarakhand, Tripura and Meghalaya have no woman judges in high courts.
- Karnataka is the only state to meet its quotas for SC, ST and OBC in both officer cadre and constabulary.
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