{"id":223185,"date":"2019-12-12T14:07:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T08:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=223185"},"modified":"2019-12-12T14:07:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T08:37:28","slug":"hyderabad-encounter-3-member-panel-headed-by-former-sc-judge-justice-v-s-sirpurkar-to-look-into-the-legality-of-the-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/12\/12\/hyderabad-encounter-3-member-panel-headed-by-former-sc-judge-justice-v-s-sirpurkar-to-look-into-the-legality-of-the-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyderabad encounter| 3-member panel headed by former SC judge Justice V S Sirpurkar to look into the legality of the encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supreme Court:<\/strong> After the Court suggested yesterday<\/a> that it was considering to appoint a former Supreme Court judge to enquire into the encounter killings of four accused persons in the sensational gangrape-and-murder case of a veterinarian in Telangana, the bench of SA Bobde, CJ and SA Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has ordered setting up of a three-member inquiry commission to probe the Telangana encounter case and stayed proceeding before Telangana High Court and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) until further orders. The panel will be headed by a former Supreme Court judge V S Sirpurkar<\/span> and will also comprise former Bombay High Court judge Rekha S Baldota and former CBI director D R Karthikeyan<\/span><\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The commission will sit in Telangana’s Hyderabad to complete the inquiry within six months. Telangana government has also been directed to provide security to the panel members, along with travel, lodging, and boarding.<\/p>\n

“We are of a considered view that an inquiry commission needs to be constituted. The inquiry to be completed in six months,”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After an advocate sought gag order on reporting by media, the court said that prima facie it is not inclined to gag media but issued a notice to Press Council of India and Press Trust of India on the same<\/span><\/em>. During a course of proceedings earlier today, Chief Justice of India S A Bobde observed that an inquiry into the matter should be conducted and people should know the truth.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

“If you say you are going to prosecute them (policemen involved in an encounter) in criminal court, there is nothing for us to do. But if you say they are innocent then people must know the truth and there must be an inquiry,”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Chief Justice of India also slammed the police and said,<\/p>\n

“Is the police adopting the procedure of prosecuting dead people and saying please do not inquire into what happened.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brief background:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n