New Delhi, Aug 25 : The committee, led by former Supreme Court judge Indu Malhotra investigating the security issues in Prime Narendra Modi’s entourage in Punjab in January it recommended that there be an oversight panel for periodic review of the Blue Book, while indicting Ferozepur SSP of Police (SSP) for failing to take any steps in connection with the security of the PM’s entourage.In an order that was uploaded late in the evening, a bench comprised of the Chief Justice N.V.Ramana and comprising Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli declared: “In compliance of the ordered order, the said Committee has presented its Report in sealed envelope.The sealed envelope was then opened in the Court and we read some of the recommendations in the Report.Report.After that, the Report was sealed again and kept in the storage of the Secretary General of this Court who will make it available when requested by the Court.”
The committee suggested that there need to be an oversight committee to oversee the periodic review of Blue Book which is concerned with security for the PM.It also accused the Ferozepur police chief for not taking action in the connection with the security of PM’s convoy.
The Supreme Court declared: “We direct the Registry to forward the copy of this report to the Central Government and the State Government to take further action.This petition is taken care of.In addition to the above, the pending interlocutory petitions are also being to be disposed of.”
On January 12th on the 12th of January, the Supreme Court had appointed its retired judge, Justice Malhotra, to be the chairman of the committee investigating Prime Narendra Modi’s security breach in Punjab
Chief Justice N.V.Ramana then had declared that the panel would investigate into the root causes of the security breach, the people who were responsible for the breach, and also the steps to be adopted in the future to stop security breaches of the Prime Minister, as well as other constitutional officials.The remaining participants of the panel were the Director General of Police, Chandigarh, the Inspector General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) or his nominee, not less than the level of IG the Registrar General of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, and the Additional DGP, Security, Punjab.
The court’s top order was based on a petition from NGO Lawyer’s Voice, which was represented by senior advocate Maninder Singh.The petitioner had emphasized the importance of protecting the PM of the country and had cited a the previous ruling of the top court that considered the SPG Act.
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