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Four pillars of Indian justice system miss one major force- Women

The India Justice Report by Tata Trusts released on November 7, 2019, finds women poorly represented, accounting for 7 per cent of the police 10 per cent of prison staff

New Delhi: Indian Police Service (IPS) 2018 batch probationers attend a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah (unseen) at Maharashtra Sadan, in New Delhi, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)(
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New Delhi: Indian Police Service (IPS) 2018 batch probationers attend a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah (unseen) at Maharashtra Sadan, in New Delhi, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)(

Shreehari Paliath | IndiaSpend
At the current rate, nine Indian states will take more than 50 years to increase the share of women in their police forces to 33 per cent, as recommended, a new report estimates. While Madhya Pradesh will take 294 years, Maharashtra will take 14.
 
The India Justice Report by Tata Trusts released on November 7, 2019, finds women poorly represented, accounting for 7 per cent of the police, 10 per cent of prison staff and about 26.5 per cent of all judges in the high courts and subordinate courts.
 
The report is the first of its kind to