Follow govt. order, HC tells police
The Hindu
They shouldn’t insist on court direction while their protection is sought, says judge
Citizens should be provided police protection, based on a government order, when they seek it after a favourable a civil court decree, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court told the the Director General of Police and directed him to issue a reminder to all the police stations. Justice J. Nisha Banu referred to the G.O. issued in 2008 by the Home Department and said police should not insist on a specific court direction while their protection is sought.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.