NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on wednesday, set aside the conviction of three men who were declared guilty by the Punjab & Haryana High Court almost 20 years after they were acquitted by the trial court in a murder case. A Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan expressed deep concerns about the standards of Public Prosecutors in High Courts. The Court criticized the way in which the Punjab & Haryana High Court overturned the acquittal based on the Public Prosecutor’s arguments.
The Allahabad High Court Lucknow bench overturned the ruling of the Chief judicial magistrate (CJM) regarding the public toilet construction scam, providing relief to implicated IAS officer Megha Rupam and IPS officer Arvind Chaturvedi. The court highlighted legal deficiencies in the CJM’s order and criticized it as an abuse of the legal process. The evidence presented during the proceedings confirmed the completion of the alleged toilets, undermining the allegations against the officers.