{"id":54878,"date":"2018-12-05T16:09:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T10:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54878"},"modified":"2018-12-05T16:09:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T10:39:13","slug":"sc-approves-centres-draft-witness-protection-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-approves-centres-draft-witness-protection-scheme","title":{"rendered":"SC approves Centre&#8217;s draft witness protection scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"162\" data-attachment-id=\"54879\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-approves-centres-draft-witness-protection-scheme\/images-5-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/images-5-1.jpg?fit=312%2C162&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"312,162\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"images (5)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/images-5-1.jpg?fit=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/images-5-1.jpg?fit=312%2C162&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/images-5-1.jpg?resize=312%2C162&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/images-5-1.jpg?w=312&amp;ssl=1 312w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/images-5-1.jpg?resize=150%2C78&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/images-5-1.jpg?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:&nbsp;The draft witness protection scheme of the Central government was on Wednesday approved by the Supreme Court&nbsp;and asked all the states to implement it till the Parliament comes out with a legislation.&nbsp;A bench headed by Justice AK Sikri said that they have made some changes in the scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue of witness protection scheme had cropped up earlier when the top court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking protection for witnesses in rape cases involving self-styled preacher Asaram Bapu.&nbsp;On November 19, Attorney General KK Venugopal had told the apex court&nbsp;that the draft scheme, which has now been finalised, would be made into a law \u201cin due course\u201d, but till then the court should direct the states to start implementing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top court&nbsp;had asked the Centre to finalise the scheme after getting response from the states and Union Territories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI:&nbsp;The draft witness protection scheme of the Central government was on Wednesday approved by the Supreme Court&nbsp;and asked all the states to implement it till the Parliament comes out with a legislation.&nbsp;A bench headed by Justice AK Sikri said that they have made some changes in the scheme. 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