Plea for appointing more additional prosecutors: HC seeks Delhi govt s stand
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Last Updated: Feb 17, 2021, 12:48 PM IST
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The court asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to try and ensure that the issue is resolved by the next date of hearing on March 24.
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its stand on the plea moved by the Delhi Prosecutors Welfare Association.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court sought the AAP government s response on Wednesday on a PIL to create posts of additional public prosecutors and then appoint them to the 55 fast-track and POCSO courts in the national capital. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its stand on the plea moved by the Delhi Prosecutors Welfare Association.
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Prosecutors Association seeks direction from Delhi HC to transfer charge sheet scrutiny from prosecutors to legal division of police ANI | Updated: Feb 15, 2021 21:24 IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): Delhi Prosecutors Welfare Association on Monday urged the Delhi High Court to issue directions to the Delhi government to transfer the work of scrutiny of charge sheets from the public prosecutors to the legal division of the Delhi Police.
Appearing for Delhi Government, standing counsel Sanjoy Ghose told a single-judge bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh that similar issues are being heard by a division bench. He also urged the single-judge bench court to send this matter to the division bench of the Delhi High Court.