New Delhi, April 17 -- Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar emphasised the importance of the rule of law on Thursday, saying that the "purity" of the criminal justice system in a democratic nation defines its direction.

"In a democratic nation, the purity of its criminal justice system defines its direction...for a criminal investigation, the initiation has to be by an FIR, First Information Report. It is the law of the land that every cognizable offence is required to be reported to the police, and failure to do so, failure to report a cognizable offence, is a crime; therefore, you all will be wondering why there has been no FIR," the Vice President said.

Addressing the 6th batch of Rajya Sabha interns at the Vice-President's Enclave today, ...