Maharashtra Home Secretary has been asked by\u00a0the Bombay High Court to file an affidavit within three weeks on a petition alleging that a Government Resolution for constituting a Police Complaints Authority to look into police lapses has not been implemented.<\/p>\n
A bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar asked the Maharashtra Home Secretary on January 23 to file an affidavit in reply to the petition within three weeks.<\/p>\n
On September 22, 2006, the Supreme Court had issued directions under Article 32 read with Article 142 of the Constitution for setting up a State Police Complaint Authority and District Police Complaint Authority.<\/p>\n
Following this, the state issued a GR to appoint the Police Complaint Authority. However, four years have passed and the GR is not implemented as such a body is not functional, According to the petition.<\/p>\n
This showed that the state was not complying with the law laid down by the apex court and the GR was merely an eye wash, the petition contended.<\/p>\n
The petitioner, Makarand Mahadik, a city resident, alleged that he had been experiencing non-cooperative and hostile attitude of policemen when it comes to taking cognisance of complaints against influential persons and politicians.<\/p>\n
Hence, the appointment of an authority to hear complaints against policemen and politicians was necessary in keeping with the apex court guidelines, he said.<\/p>\n
The state government was duty-bound to constitute a Police Complaint Authority, fill up vacancies and provide all infrastructure and facilities for the same, the petition argued.<\/p>\n
Non-constituting the Police Complaints Authority was depriving citizens of a vital remedy and increasing social unrest and also putting burden on the courts by encouraging litigations, the petition submitted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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