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Witness protection is security provided to a threatened person providing testimonial evidence to the justice system, including defendants and other clients, before, during, and after trials, usually by police.
Dec 22, 2021 · Witness protection in India. Witness protection has become a raging issue in India. In the case of Swaransingh v. the State of Punjab, (1957) the Court held that in a criminal case evidence is admissible in law. To provide such evidence, witnesses are important.
Dec 31, 2018 · The 198th Report titled “Witness Identity Protection and Witness Protection Programmes” emphasized that the witness protection scheme need not be limited to cases of terrorism or sexual offences but should extend to all serious offences, thereby increasing the ambit of its applicability and functioning.
The Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 (Draft) is the first attempt at national level to provide comprehensive witness protection, that shall contribute to eliminating any kind of threat or intimidation or loss of property and person of the witness.
This paper aims to elucidate the laws and witness protection programs in India, and a brief into the witness protection laws across the world. This paper emphasizes on the reasons why the witnesses turn hostile and its impact on the criminal trials in India.
Feb 6, 2019 · The Supreme Court on December 5, approved the Witness Protection Scheme 2018 which aimed at enabling a witness to depose fearlessly and truthfully. While the scheme is pending in the Parliament, the Supreme Court has ordered to imply the scheme immediately in all the states and the scheme would be the law of the land.
Oct 31, 2021 · Witnesses have a major role to play in the criminal justice system. Recently, the Supreme Court of India expressed surprise because only 23 eyewitnesses were traced amongst hundreds of gatherers...
