In a significant judgment safeguarding the constitutional rights of accused persons, the Supreme Court of India quashed a Madras High Court order directing a reinvestigation in the decade-old case of the alleged abduction and murder of a four-year-old girl. The court upheld the principle of double jeopardy, ruling that an acquitted individual cannot be subjected
Inefficiency Cannot Justify Sacrificing the Presumption of Innocence: Supreme Court Quashes Reinvestigation in Double Jeopardy Case
