The State of the Nation Study (SONS), January 2009 conducted by CSDS in collaboration with CNN-IBN checked the popular perception about police and judiciary in India and questions connected with it from a cross section of people.
Themes covered:
The survey covered the following things on Police and Judiciary:
Who
Did not require court intervention
82
Required court intervention & went to court
14
Required court intervention but did not go to court
4
Note: All figures in per cent.
Who went to court
For Civil case
42
As Witness in case
16
For Routine verification
15
Only Accompanied relative/friend
14
For Criminal case
13
Note: Response of those who required court’s help. All figures in per cent
Those who
Poor
Rich
Dalit
Upper Caste
Approached court for Civil Case
38
35
36
42
Approached court for criminal cases
15
12
13
14
Note: Response of those who required court’s help. All figures in per cent
Who felt satisfied with their experience with court in
Satisfied (All)
Dalits
Upper caste
Poor
Rich
Civil Case
68
65
72
68
66
Criminal case
58
56
56
58
65
Routine verification
55
56
61
70
61
Note: Response of those who went to court. All figures in per cent
Reasons…
Problem resolved by community
22
Court process lengthy
19
Court process expensive
16
Note: Response of those who did not go to court. All figures in per cent.
All
Among those who went to Court
Yes, certainly
35
44
Only if there is no other option
32
32
No
13
14
Not sure
20
10
Note: All figures in per cent.
Those who
Did not required police help
80
Needed police help & contacted police
17
Needed police help but did not contact the police
3
Note: Response of those who contacted police. All figures in per cent
People approached police …
As Victim
27
Accompanied relative/friend
24
For paper work
23
As Witness
13
As Accused
7
As Informant
6
Note: Response of those who contacted police. All figures in per cent
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Dalits
Upper caste
Poor
Rich
Interacted with police as victim
22
22
22
24
Interacted with police as accused
8
5
9
5
Interacted with police for paper work
15
25
20
24
Note: Response of those who contacted the police. All figures in per cent
Who felt satisfied with their experience with Police as
Satisfied (All)
Dalits
Upper caste
Poor
Rich
Victim
49
48
45
45
46
Accused
46
64
56
23
50
Paper work
68
78
63
63
77
Note: Response of those who contacted the police. All figures in per cent
Those who said…
Problem resolved by community
22
Police complicates the matter
19
Police is unfair
17
Note: Response of those who did not interact with police. All figures in per cent
All
Among those who had contacted the Police
Yes
56
65
No
23
22
Not sure
21
13
Note: All figures in per cent
Yes (All)
Opinion of Women
Police would treat men and women equally
36
34
Yes (All)
Opinion of Dalits
Police would treat dalits and Upper caste equally
33
32
Yes (All)
Opinion of Muslims
Police would treat person from majority and minority community equally
30
31
Yes (All)
Opinion of Poor
Police would treat rich and poor equally
32
29
Note: Rest Can’t Say/Don’t Know. All figures in per cent.
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