PM security breach | Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, tells Supreme Court that showcause notices were issued to DG & Punjab Chief Secretary before the proceedings of Central govt's Committee was halted. No hearing done by the committee appointed, he says.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, tells Supreme Court that show-cause notices were issued to DG and Chief Secretary of Punjab before the proceedings of the Committee were halted.
Supreme Court tells Centre that show cause notice issued by it to Punjab officials is self-contradictory; added that by constituting Committee, Centre seeks to enquire if there was a breach of SPG Act and then it holds Punjab Chief Secretary and Director General guilty.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta responds that the basis of the show cause notice is that as per rules DG and intelligence officials are responsible and there is no dispute about this. There was no pre-warning about blockade, he adds
Supreme Court asserts, "Yes there is a breach and Punjab govt has admitted as well. The question is if an inquiry is held, what will be its scope. If you want to take disciplinary action against officers what remains for this court to look into?"
Solicitor General tells Supreme Court that if the show cause notice pre-empts the final outcome, the Committee of Central government will examine the issue and report to Court and till then it will not act upon the notice.
SC agreed to form an independent committee to probe PM Modi's security breach after Punjab govt's advocate informs that prima facie Centre-led committee is of the opinion that State officials are guilty already; Punjab govt also said that it has "no hopes" from the committee
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