Continuing the conversations on protection of constitutional rights during first production and remand in Magistrate Courts

Here, we respond to some of the thoughtful and critical concerns raised by the reviewers as our attempt to continue the conversations on the protection of constitutional rights during first production and remand in Magistrate Courts in Delhi. In particular, we respond to the comments about the role of the naib court, formally a part of the police and yet, as our observations show, functioning as a part of the administrative court machinery. We also focus on the reviewers' emphasis on semi state actors such as the doctors whose role during the pretrial process has rarely been analysed despite their crucial role. We hope that our report and conversations such as these will generate more attention towards this constitutionally and statutorily required safeguard with implications for the life, liberty, safety and dignity of those in custody.