Special Public Prosecutors and corruption cases
Special Public Prosecutors and corruption cases
Decisions taken at times are either not conducive for nor help the problem they are supposed to resolve . They often either backfire or lose relevance even if they create not much of confusion . In the heat of tackling a scourge like corruption in our social fabric, the decision to post Special Public Prosecutors (SPPs) for conducting the trials exclusively of such cases which are filed under the relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act , on the face of it, is beyond creating scope of any type of speculation and shows the eagerness of the UT Government through the aegis of Home Department in ensuring that the corrupt got punished as early as possible. Prosecution of corruption cases, it has generally been observed, is not , however, that easy for various reasons. Problems and difficulties arise right from detection to the prosecution levels which time and again are otherwis
CS asked to give serious look, take corrective measures
Mohinder Verma
JAMMU, May 14: A decision of the Home Department regarding posting of separate Special Public Prosecutors for conducting the trials exclusively of the cases filed under the Prevention of Corruption Act even in those districts where no separate Special Courts to deal with such matters, has backfired and chocking working of the normal courts.
This has been observed by the Principal Sessions Judge Udhampur Y P Bourney while dealing with an application seeking grant of bail to an under-trial on extreme health grounds.
The applicantâRattan Singh, son of Teju Ram of Gordi village of Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district had filed an application for admitting him on bail on health and medical grounds. Upon the receipt of motion, the notice was given to the Public Prosecutor calling upon him to file the objections.