Police Excesses

Supreme Court Sets Up Five-Member High-Powered Committee to Probe Alleged Police Excesses and Violence During Student Protests

Supreme Court Sets Up Five-Member High-Powered Committee to Probe Alleged Police Excesses and Violence During Student Protests

New Dehi (Gurpreet Singh): The Supreme Court of India has constituted a five-member High-Powered Enquiry Committee, headed by former apex court judge Justice R. Subhash Reddy, to conduct a comprehensive fact-finding inquiry into allegations of excessive police force and violence against student protesters, as well as clashes involving security personnel during recent demonstrations in New Delhi. The panel also includes former Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Ravi Shankar Jha, former Delhi High Court Judge Justice Shalinder Kaur, former Central Bureau of Investigation Director Rishi Kumar Shukla, and former Meghalaya Director General of Police Dr. L.R. Bishnoi. The order,…
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