Andhra Pradesh Complies With Supreme Court Order On Police Complaints Authority
NDTV
The PAC is mandated to look into complaints against officers of the rank of Additional Superintendent of Police and above.
The YS Jagan Mohan Reddy regime in Andhra Pradesh has come out with a modified set of Police Complaints Authority (PCA) rules, with the head of the state level PCA proposed to be chosen from a panel of names proposed by the Chief Justice.
The PAC is mandated to look into complaints against officers of the rank of Additional Superintendent of Police and above. It shall take into cognisance allegations of serious misconduct by the police personnel, which would include incidents involving death, grievous hurt or rape in police custody.
The powers the government originally sought to confer upon itself, though the 2020 rules, have now been bestowed on the High Court Chief Justice through the fresh set of rules issued on August 1, in line with Supreme Court orders.
The 2022 rules were published in the state gazette on August 10.
