May 23, 2019
The order to that effect was passed by a Bench presided by Justice Biswanath Somadder and Arindam Mukherjee in the suo motu case initiated by the High Court.
The following are the issues which have been referred to the Commission by the Court:
- Was the entry of the police personnel into the Howrah District Sadar Court complex on their own without being called for by the learned District and Sessions Judge or any other judicial officer necessary and justified in the facts and circumstances of the instant case?
- Who were the police personnel who had actually entered into the Howrah District Sadar Court complex on 24th April 2019 at around 5.00 p.m. and resorted to lathi charge and fired tear gas shell(s)?
- If the entry to the Howrah District Sadar Court complex by the police personnel at around 5.00 p.m. was not necessary and justified, what measures are recommended against the erring police personnel who had actually entered the Howrah District Sadar Court complex on 24th April 2019 at around 5.00 p.m.?
- Did the police personnel make use of disproportionate force as against the advocates within the precincts of the Howrah District Sadar Court complex? If yes, what are the measures recommended against such erring police personnel?
- Were the police justified in taking into custody and detaining the advocates, namely, Tanushree Das and Subhodeep Bhattacharya? If not, what are the steps recommended to be taken against the erring police personnel?
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