WHILE disposing of a civil petition recently, the Supreme Court opted for a diagnostic approach and incorporated 15 points for the improvement of the criminal justice system. One, taking cognisance of the inconvenience often confronted by complainants regarding non-registration of FIRs, the court explicitly pronounced that under Section 154 of the CrPC, the police have no discretion to decline registration. Two, to discourage false complaints where applicable, cases under Sections 182 and 211 are to be registered. Three, many individuals are nominated as the accused in the FIR registered for a single case, particularly in the rural areas. Such tactics are employed to book as many male members from the accused side as possible. To discourage such practices the court observed that “no person should be arrested unless there is sufficient evidence available with the police to support such arrest”.