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The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the High Courts to adopt the draft rules of criminal practice, which has been prepared by amici curiae Senior Advocates R Basant, Sidharth Luthra and Advocate K Paremshwar, within a period of 6 months.
The High Courts shall take expeditious steps to adopt the said draft rules and ensure that existing rules are suitably modified within a period of 6 months, the Supreme Court ordered.
The Court further directed the Union Government and the State Government to make consequential amendments to police rules within a period of 6 months.
A bench comprising CJI SA Bobde, Justices L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat passed the order in the suo moto case