Recently, the Supreme Court ruled that State Government’s power to delegate investigation into offences under SC/ST Act cannot be curtailed by Rules. The bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and S.V.N. Bhatti was dealing with a case where FIR was registered against respondent no.1 – Lala Saurabh Verma, for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 406, 420,
State Government’s Power To Delegate Investigation Into Offences Under SC/ST Act Cannot Be Curtailed By Rules: Supreme Court
