NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has extended by five more months the tenure of a judicial inquiry commission to complete its probe in relation to the clash between lawyers and police at the Tis Hazari court complex in 2019.
A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad stated that it has received a request from Justice (retd) SP Garg, who heads the commission set up by the court, for extension of time to complete the inquiry. “The request made by letter dated 25.07.2022 reveals that some more time is required, and, therefore, in the interest of justice, further five months are granted from today to complete the inquiry,” said the court in its recent order.
In January, the court had given time till July 31 to the commission to conclude its inquiry in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and the number of witnesses required to be examined. It stated that 338 witnesses have been examined and some more witnesses are likely to be examined after receiving the forensic/ballistic reports.
