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Time of India
29-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
With National agencies overburdened, Supreme Court opts for 'special' SITs
The Supreme Court established two special investigation teams (SITs) in May to probe FIRs against Madhya Pradesh minister Kunwar Vijay Shah and Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad. These SITs, composed of IPS officers from outside the respective states, were formed due to concerns about overburdened national agencies and the need for effective investigations. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads The Supreme Court constituted two special investigation teams (SITs) in two separate cases in May to investigate FIRs registered against Madhya Pradesh minister Kunwar Vijay Shah for his comments against Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad for his Facebook post on Operation constituting these SITs, SC passed distinct directions. First, it ordered that SIT members will be IPS officers . Second, all the three investigating officers should be from outside the state where the alleged offences were May 19, a bench headed by justice Surya Kant elaborated on the reason for constituting these unique SITs."National investigating agencies are overburdened. Sometimes the delay in investigation frustrates the outcome," justice Kant had remarked, adding that such SITs have delivered "effective" outcomes in the recent observed that in a few cases it might even monitor the investigations so that a case can be taken to its logical conclusion. In both cases, while constituting SITs, the bench made it clear that one of the three members of the SIT must be a woman IPS the case of Shah, SC on May 19 constituted a three-member SIT to investigate the FIR filed by MP Police on the directions of the Madhya Pradesh High Court that had taken suo motu cognisance of Shah's remarks against Colonel Qureshi, calling her a "sister of terrorists".A bench of justices Kant and N Kotiswar Singh had directed Madhya Pradesh DGP to constitute an SIT of three IPS officers of Madhya Pradesh cadre, clarifying that they should be from outside MP. SIT will be headed by an officer not below the rank of inspector general. The other two would be of the rank of Superintendent of Police and above, SC had ordered. It had added that although it would refrain from monitoring a probe, but given the "peculiar facts and circumstances of the case", the SIT was directed to submit the outcome to the case of Mahmudabad, SC on May 21 directed Haryana DGP to constitute an SIT of three IPS officers not belonging to Haryana or Delhi to investigate the allegations. One of the members of SIT, SC ordered, shall be a woman officer.
Time of India
02-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
INDIA bloc leaders to meet today to press for special Parliament session
INDIA bloc members are convening in Delhi on Tuesday to press for a special Parliament session, demanding discussions on Operation Sindoor and the Pahalgam terrorist attack. Floor leaders from allied parties are expected to attend, aiming to pass a joint resolution or petition the President or Prime Minister. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads New Delhi: INDIA bloc members are scheduled to meet here on Tuesday to reiterate their demand for a special session of Parliament to discuss Operation Sindoor and the Pahalgam terrorist attack , some leaders involved in the preparation said. In most cases, floor leaders of INDIA bloc allies would represent their parties at the meeting, which plans to pass a joint resolution or write a letter to the President or the prime minister, placing their sources said "most" allied parties are likely to attend the meeting, but it remains to be seen whether Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SCP) will be part of the meeting, which will be held at a neutral venue, the Constitution Club, incidentally, comes within days of CDS General Anil Chauhan indicating that India lost some aircraft during Operation some parties, including Congress, have been demanding the special session, of late Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool has also joined the chorus. Tuesday's Opposition meeting is also an attempt to regain the tactical space lost to the government when the latter announced the all-party global outreach. The move is also designed to try and resist the PM leading BJP's blitzkrieg over Operation Sindoor.
