Issuing notice to the State of Haryana and Chandigarh as well, Justice Puri added methods and mechanism to curb the menace were required to be further explored.
Justice Puri asserted the High Court had seen in a number of cases —especially the NDPS matters —that delay was caused due to unexplained reasons at the prosecution’s hands.
The trial court, rather, had to issue summons and warrants for a number of times to the official witnesses who themselves set the criminal law into motion.
Justice Puri also appointed advocate Kulwant Singh Boparai as amicus curie to assist the Bench.
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