{"id":37014,"date":"2015-03-04T17:13:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T11:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=37014"},"modified":"2015-03-04T17:13:52","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T11:43:52","slug":"maharashtra-to-soon-have-whistleblowerwitness-protection-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/maharashtra-to-soon-have-whistleblowerwitness-protection-law","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra to soon have whistleblower\/witness protection law"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"ms__id865\" class=\"articleTop\">\n<div id=\"ms__id866\">\n<p>\u00a0Maharashtra government on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that it would soon come out with a law to provide protection to whistleblowers and witnesses in sensitive cases.<\/p>\n<p>.The court had last October asked it to frame a fresh policy on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The division bench headed by Justice AS Oka was on Tuesday informed that the government was likely to come out with a law instead of a mere policy.<\/p>\n<p>A draft of the proposed law was also submitted to the court.<\/p>\n<p>The court then asked the government to file an affidavit stating the same within a week.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2014, the High Court, while ordering the government to frame a fresh policy, had also directed that protection should be provided immediately to whistleblowers and witnesses even during the investigation stage if such a person makes a request for protection.<\/p>\n<p>The bench has taken up the issue suo moto (on its own) after the murder of RTI activist Satish Shetty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Maharashtra government on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that it would soon come out with a law to provide protection to whistleblowers and witnesses in sensitive cases. .The court had last October asked it to frame a fresh policy on the issue. 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