Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 1153 · Decided 5 December 2018
Mahender Chawla & ORS. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 1153 · [2018] 14 S.C.R. 627
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 156/2016
- Decided
- 5 December 2018
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21, 141, 142, 32
Headnote
Administration of Criminal Justice: Witness protection - Witnesses are important players in judicial system, who help the judges in arriving at correct factual findings - Notwithstanding the same, the conditions of witnesses in Indian legal system is pathetic - They are of witness protection programme and the treatment that is meted out to the witness, there is a reluctance in coming forward and making statement during investigation and/or testifying in courts - One of the main reasons for witnesses to turn hostile is that they are not accorded appropriate
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