Karnataka Govt.’s compliance on FSL improvement only on paper, says HC
The Hindu
‘No appointments have been made to posts referred to in August 13 directive’
Expressing dissatisfaction over the efforts made by the State Government to enforce the court’s directions to improve functioning and infrastructure of Forensic Science Laboratories (FLS), the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday said the Government’s claim of compliance “is only on paper”.
“The compliance is only on paper. No appointment to the posts of joint director and other posts referred to in the direction issued on August 13, 2021, has been made so far. No positive compliance reflected from the compliance report,” the court observed.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum made the observation while hearing a PIL petition, initiated suo motu by the court in February this year after noticing that the criminal justice system had been “crippled” in the State owing to huge pendency of samples awaiting forensic tests because of a lack of human resources and testing facilities.
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