[greenyouth] HC may not assign judge to probe custody deaths

[Ajay]

HC may not assign judge to probe custody deaths

Pioneer News Service | Kochi 29/8/06 http://dailypioneer.com/indexn12.asp?main_variable=KOCHI&file_name=KOCHI10%2Etxt&counter_img=10 The Kerala High Court may not assign a sitting judge to probe the alleged custody deaths in the State since the LDF came into power. The court has given indication to this effect while reserving orders on a petition seeking CBI inquiry into the custody deaths. The Government had announced recently that a sitting judge would inquire into the cases and that it would ask the HC to spare a sitting judge for the task.

A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice VK Bali and Justice M Ramachandran reserved orders on Monday on a petition filed by A Sabir of Thiruvananthapuram seeking a CBI inquiry into the deaths and compensation to the victims' kin. The Bench said the decision to provide the services of a sitting judge or not would be decided later. However, the Bench said the services of district sessions judge could be provided.

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