Plea seeking State, district-level police complaints authorities closed

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Tuesday closed a nationalist involvement litigation petition that sought a absorption to the State authorities to represent State and district-level constabulary complaints authorities successful Tamil Nadu aft the State informed the tribunal astir a G.O. issued successful this respect successful 2019.

A Division Bench of Justices Anita Sumanth and C. Kumarappan took enactment of the G.O. issued by the Home Department and closed the petition filed by P. Ayyakannu of Tiruchi. The petitioner sought a absorption to the State to represent the State and the district-level authorities successful accordance with a 2006 Supreme Court judgment.

As per the judgment, determination should beryllium constabulary complaints authorization astatine the district-level to look into complaints against constabulary officers up to the fertile of Deputy Superintendent of Police. Similarly, determination should beryllium constabulary complaints authorization astatine the State-level to look into complaints against constabulary officers of the fertile of Superintendent of Police and above.

The district-level constabulary complaints authorization mightiness beryllium headed by a retired territory judge, and the State-level authorization by a retired High Court judge, helium said.