Terming it in gross violation of Supreme Court guidelines, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Monday dissolved a Standing Committee constituted by the AAP government created to ensure the quality of investigation in criminal cases.
The apex court had, on January 7, 2014, in the State of Gujarat vs. Kishan Bhai case, issued directions to the effect that the Home Department of every state constitute a Standing Committee comprising senior police officers and Prosecution Department officials to examine all orders of acquittal and to record reasons for the failure of the prosecution in each case.
In compliance with these directions and with a view to reducing the number of acquittals in criminal cases, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had on March 24, 2014, issued an advisory on monitoring of investigation. The MHA had advised that the Committee of senior police and prosecution departments analyse the case and ascertain mistakes committed during investigation, prosecution…