Law and Justice

THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

  • The International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR) was registered as a Society in 1995.
  • It is an autonomous organization working under the aegis of the Ministry of Law and Justice, with its headquarters in New Delhi and Regional Centres in Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
  • It has been established to promote, popularize and propagate alternative dispute resolution methods to facilitate earlier resolution of disputes and to reduce the burden of arrears in courts.

POLICE

  • Public order and police being State subjects under the Constitution, police is maintained and controlled by states.
  • The police force in a state is headed by the Director General of Police.
  • State is divided into convenient territorial divisions called ranges and each police range is under the administrative control of a Deputy Inspector General of Police. A number of districts constitute the range.
  • District police is further sub-divided into police divisions, circles and police- stations.
  • Police set up in big cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Pune, etc., is directly under a Commissioner of Police who enjoys magisterial powers.
  • The central government maintains Central Police forces, Intelligence Bureau (IB), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), institutions for training of police officers and forensic science institutions to assist the states.
UPSC Prelims 2025 Notes