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Gujarat appointee for shootout probe monitoring rejected
Friday February 24, 2012 03:03:47 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Supreme
court Friday refused to accept the Gujarat government's appointee
to head the monitoring authority which would have overseen a probe
into 22 alleged staged shootouts that took place in the state
between 2002 and 2006.
The Gujarat government Thursday appointed Justice (retd.) K.R.
Vyas to head the monitoring authority after Justice M.B. Shah
(former judge of the apex court) declined the state government's
offer of the post.
The apex court bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam questioned the
Gujarat government on making appointment without informing the
court.
It said that its reservation on the appointment of Justice Vyas as
the head of the monitoring authority was in no way an aspersion on
his credentials.
The court then asked both the Gujarat government and petitioner
B.G. Verghese along with lyricist writer Javed Akthar to suggest
the name to head the authority.
As counsel Prashant Bhushan appearing for Javed Akthar suggested
the name of former apex court judge, Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy,
Gujarat government senior counsel Ranjit Kumar said he needed to
take instructions from the state government.
Finding no consensus on the choice of the judge between the state
government and the petitioners, the court adjourned the hearing
till Monday.
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