Judicial Inquiry Commission For the Hathras case: A three-member judicial inquiry commission has been constituted under the chairmanship of retired Justice Brijesh Kumar Srivastava (II) of Allahabad High Court for judicial investigation of the Hathras incident. Its notification was issued on Wednesday night by the state Governor Anandi Ben Patel.
Who is included in the three-member commission?
Retired IAS Hemant Rao and retired IPS Bhavesh Kumar Singh have been appointed as members in this judicial inquiry commission. The headquarters of the judicial inquiry commission will be in Lucknow. The commission will complete the investigation within a period of two months from the date of issue of this notification. Any change in its duration can be made on the orders of the state government.
The commission will submit its report to the state government
According to the notification, the commission will investigate the incident that took place in Hathras district on July 2, 2024 and after the investigation will submit a report to the state government on the prescribed points. This includes investigating the compliance of the permission granted by the district administration and the conditions given in it by the organizers of the event. Also, to investigate the aspects of whether this incident is an accident or a conspiracy or the possibility of any other planned criminal incident.
Apart from this, the Commission will also have the jurisdiction to investigate the arrangements made by the district administration and police for crowd control and maintaining law and order during the programme and other aspects related to them. The Commission will also look into the reasons and circumstances due to which the incident took place, while the Commission will also give its suggestions regarding preventing the recurrence of such incidents in future.