The Madras High Court recently upheld the State Government s power to appoint Public Prosecutors and Additional Public Prosecutors under Section 24 (6A) of the CrPC. The court added that this power.
As per NCRB data, in 2021, Tamil Nadu reported 1,775 detenues under preventive detention laws, which accounted for 51.2 percent of the total cases across the country, the Court was shocked to note.