The Supreme Court on Wednesday appointed retired Punjab and Haryana High Court choose Rakesh Kumar Jain to supervise the investigation within the Lakhimpur Kheri case. It additionally reconstituted the Special Investigation Team (SIT) by appointing three extra senior law enforcement officials.
Eight individuals, together with 4 farmers, died within the violence in the course of the farmers’ protest in Lakhimpur Kheri. So far 13 individuals, together with Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra, have been arrested on this case.
Justice Jain enrolled as an advocate within the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana in May 1982 and began his authorized apply within the district court docket of Hisar. He was elevated as a choose of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on December 5, 2007 and retired on September 30, 2020.
Earlier, the apex court docket had expressed dissatisfaction with What it mentioned is a “mix” of investigations In issues referring to the incident of three October. “To ensure that the evidence … is independently recorded and there is no overlapping and no mixing of evidence, we have appointed a retired High Court officer to oversee the investigation on a day-to-day basis. Trying to appoint a judge. We are not sure… We do not want the judicial commission appointed by your state to continue…” the CJI had mentioned.
Justice Surya Kant, a part of a three-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, mentioned, “It appears to us that this SIT (Special Investigation Team) is somehow unable to maintain the investigative distance between the cases. ” NV Ramana.
He mentioned, “To ensure that the evidence … is independently recorded and there is no overlapping and there is no mismatch of evidence, we have established a separate system to oversee the investigation on a day-to-day basis.” Trying to nominate a retired choose from the High Court.…we do not imagine…we do not need the judicial fee appointed by your state to proceed…”.
Advocate Harish Salve, showing for the UP authorities, agreed to the suggestion of the bench and that he might appoint judges from any state. The bench additional mentioned, “The second concern is that you have to upgrade the task force, they have to become higher officials. “Most of the officers are within the grade of sub-inspector of Lakhmipur Kheri space,” Justice Surya Kant mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
