• Pooja Gautam
• Dr. Kuldip Singh
• Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh

The purpose of this study is to examine the role of society as a whole in ensuring the safety of witnesses during a criminal trial. The Chapter also analyses the participation and the role of various Non-Governmental Organizations in implementation of the witness protection programmes. In the second part, we look at the role of the judiciary in witness protection during trials, including various judgments, guidelines, and recommendations issued by High Courts and the Honourable Supreme Court of India on various provisions relating to witness protection from various legislations such as TADA and POTA. It is concluded the study and makes recommendations in the hope that they will be useful to the Legislature in enacting an updated and wholesome law; the Executive in ensuring its proper implementation; and the judiciary, among other things, in reviewing current Indian standards and comparing them to best practices abroad.

Critically Evaluate, Judiciary, Protection, Witnesses, Non-Governmental Organizations, witness protection programmes

"A STUDY OF CRITICALLY EVALUATE OF JUDICIARY IN PROTECTION OF THE WITNESSES DURING THE TRIAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.856-868, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904U11.pdf

"A STUDY OF CRITICALLY EVALUATE OF JUDICIARY IN PROTECTION OF THE WITNESSES DURING THE TRIAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp856-868, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904U11.pdf