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Supreme Court angry with investigation agencies for sending summons to lawyers, took cognizance of the matter itself; hearing will be held
SC: The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the matter of sending notices and summons to the lawyers of the accused by the investigating agencies and the police. The court has put the case for hearing on July 14 in a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai. Justice K. Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria will also be included in the bench.
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the issue of issuance of notice and summons to the lawyers of the accused by the police and the investigating agencies. The case has been placed on hearing on July 14 in a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice BR Gavai.
Justice K. Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria will also form part of the bench. This matter of sending summons or notices by the investigating agencies to the lawyers advising the accused came up when, in June last, the ED sent a summons to senior Supreme Court lawyers Arvind Dattar and Pratap Venugopal.
However, later on June 20, ED issued a circular and directed the investigating officers that no notice or summons would be sent to the lawyers. If this has to be done as an exception, then the approval of the ED Director will have to be taken first.
