Investigation

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to hand over the complete report with annexures, memorials and written evidence that were placed before the Vohra Committee to the Director NIA, CBI, ED, IB, SFIO, RAW, CBDT, NCB for a comprehensive investigation.

The Delhi Court has granted bail to a man in two cases related to the north-east Delhi riots after noting that the investigation in the cases had left a lot to be desired and that witness statements and the version of the police were contradicting each other.

An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking orders to restrain electronic and print media from broadcasting/publishing any material that may lead to a media trial, directly or indirectly hampering the investigation in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

The Supreme Court has held with a 2 is to 1 majority that the confession made under section 67 before the officers of the Central and State agencies appointed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act are not admissible, because the officers are police officers.

New Delhi (ILNS): The Delhi High Court came down heavily on Zee News for its irresponsible conduct of making public the disclosure statement of an accused in the Delhi riots case, when it did not even have the signatures of the accused.

The Kerala High Court has warned that strict action will be taken against the investigating officer and the concerned media houses if the confession of an accused during the investigation is leaked or discussed in the media.

Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar, while dealing with a POCSO case, observed that certain disturbing facts concerning the investigation and trial of the cases had come to the court’s notice.

The Supreme court today reserved its verdict on the plea filed by Rhea Chakraborty, seeking transfer of investigation from Bihar to Maharashtra in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. The case has been transferred to the CBI by the Bihar government.

The Calcutta High Court has held that an inordinate delay in filing a First Information Report would necessitate a preliminary inquiry prior to arrest and investigation.

Appeal says that it was a lack of any proper legal framework and the non-implementation of past SC orders that has led to this situation.