Law and order situation of a county is a parameter that determines the 'country risk' which various business entities use to judge the business environment of a country.If the law and order situation is not healthy, no business man in his right mind would risk an investment in such a state or country.The law and order in our own country is not very good ,and therfore we do not attract as much FDI as many of our Asian neighbour do. There are only two ways in which crime can be effectively controlled.
- Surveillance
- Deterrence
While the former is prohibitively expensive and impractical as it is next to impossible to keep an eye on each individual or each geographic area,most of the countries use the latter or deterrance to good effect. If a crime is commited ,the justice is often delivered swiftly and there is no appeal system.When we think of India, it seems that the cases remain pending in the judiciary for aeons and the system of appeals in a higher court actually makes a mockery of the whole system. So ,in my opinion the solution lies in firstly ensuring that there is effective deterrance by repealing the archaic IPC code, and secondly in effective implementation of these laws through the judiciary.The sysytem of appeals in a higher court should be done away with without any further delay.It may be interesting to know that in US no such system of appeal exists,and the judgement once delivered can not be challenged.Of course, the Indian government would have to ensure that the judges do not indulge in corruption. Is that a tall order?
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