Hrishikesh Roy

The Supreme Court on Monday imposed a cost of Rs 25000 on the state of Himachal Pradesh for filing an appeal after a delay of 650 days against the acquittal of a man convicted and sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment in a POCSO case.

According to the petition filed in the last 70 years, there has been no proper allocation of funds with the corresponding increase in pulation judiciary legal awareness, increase in legislation and the same is a clear violation of the basic structure of the Constitution as well as basic human rights.

A three-judge bench of Justices Rohintan Fali Nariman, B.R. Gavai and Hrishikesh Roy has issued Notice in the petition filed by Azam Khan & his son.

In the present case, the petitioner was suspected to be a foreigner post march 25, 1971 and the onus was upon her to prove that she is an Indian citizen and not a foreigner.

A new order of the apex court attempts to clean the rot in public life and punish politicians who have criminal cases against them. It is also time the Court protects witnesses who have testified against them.