Retired HC Judges To Supervise The Investigation: SC
Retired HC Judges to supervise the investigation of the Lakhimpur Kheri case: Supreme Court proposes to investigate the case under the supervision of retired High Court(HC) judges.
The hearing was held in the Supreme Court in the matter related to the incident that took place on October 3 in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh.
The Supreme Court expressed displeasure over the status report filed by the Uttar Pradesh government in the Lakhimpur Kheri case.
The Supreme Court says that there is nothing in the status report except to say that more witnesses have been examined.
Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the Uttar Pradesh government, told the Supreme Court that the lab report would come by November 15.
The Supreme Court asked the UP government why only Ashish Mishra’s phone was confiscated, what about others?
The Supreme Court says that to ensure that there is no mixing of evidence in the case, we are inclined to appoint a former judge of a separate High Court to oversee the investigation of the case.
The Supreme Court has suggested that Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain (retd) or Justice Ranjit Singh (retd) of the Punjab and Haryana High Court may oversee the Lakhimpur Kheri investigation.
The Supreme Court expressed dissatisfaction over the complicity of witnesses in separate FIRs in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.
SC proposed to appoint a former judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to oversee the ongoing investigation.
Eight people, including four protesters, were killed in violence during protests against agricultural laws. A bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant, and Justice Hima Kohli is hearing the matter.
On October 26, the apex court had directed the Uttar Pradesh government to provide protection to the witnesses in the case.
The Supreme Court had also directed the Uttar Pradesh government to record the statements of other witnesses in the case under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and asked for an early examination of digital evidence by experts.
The top court had directed the state government to file a status report in the case of the alleged lynching of a journalist and a man named Shyam Sundar by a mob.
Two advocates had written to the Chief Justice demanding a high-level inquiry into the Lakhimpur Kheri case. It is in this background that the court is hearing the matter.
The Supreme Court had directed the state government to file a status report in the case of the alleged lynching of a journalist and a man named Shyam Sundar by a mob.
Two advocates had written to the Chief Justice demanding a high-level inquiry into the Lakhimpur Kheri case. It is in this background that the court is hearing the matter.
On October 26, the counsel appearing for the state government had told the bench, “Of the 68 witnesses, the statements of 30 have been recorded under section 164 of CrPC and the statements of some others will also be recorded.” Out of these 30 witnesses, 23 have claimed to be eyewitnesses.
