Govt yet to take decision on registration of FIRs

NEW DELHI, 24 FEB: The government has not taken any final decision on mandatory registration of FIRs and is awaiting the Supreme Court verdict in a case relating to the issue.
 “From time to time, views have been expressed regarding mandatory registration of complaints received by police as FIRs. No final view has been taken by the Central government. It awaits the judgement of the Supreme Court in the case of Lalita Kumari versus the State of UP and others,” the minister of state for home, Mr Ajay Maken, told the Rajya Sabha today.
In December last year, the Union home ministry had stated that it is contemplating making registration of FIRs mandatory, particularly after the Ruchika case, in which a 14 year old student committed suicide allegedly due to harassment by the former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore. Her family had approached the Haryana Police seeking registration of an abetment
to commit suicide case against Mr Rathore but it was turned down.
O the setting up of the second states reorganisation commission, Mr Maken said “as
per records available, no political party or its leaders have requested for setting up of the second States Reorganisation Commission”.
He, however, admitted that representations have been received from various individuals and organisations demanding setting up of the commission. “As of now, no decision has been taken in this respect,” the minister stated. “As regards border disputes between some states, the approach of the Central government has consistently been that inter-state boundary disputes can be resolved only with willing cooperation of the state governments concerned and that the Central government works only as a facilitator for amicable settlement of the dispute in a spirit of mutual accommodation and understanding,” Mr Makan said