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New Delhi, October 22: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje over the ordinance seeking to protect judges, bureaucrats from being probed. “Madam Chief Minister, with all humility we are in the 21’st century. It’s 2017, not 1817,” Rahul tweeted.
The state government had passed an ordinance which seeks to protect both serving and former judges, magistrates and public servants in Rajasthan from being investigated for on-duty action without its prior sanction.
Madam Chief Minister, with all humility we are in the 21’st century. It’s 2017, not 1817. https://t.co/ezPfca2NPS
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) October 22, 2017
The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance, 2017, promulgated on September 7, also sought to bar the media from reporting on accusations till the sanction to proceed with the probe was obtained.
The ordinance, which provides 180 days immunity to the officers, reads, “No magistrate shall order an investigation nor will any investigation be conducted against a person, who is or was a judge or a magistrate or a public servant.” If there is no decision on the sanction request post the stipulated time period, it will automatically mean that sanction has been granted.
The ordinance amends the Criminal Code of Procedure, 1973 and also seeks curb on publishing and printing or publicising in any case the name, address, photograph, family details of the public servants.
Violating the clause would call for two years imprisonment.
With inputs from PTI
