Punjab IGP Umranangal to HC: Only higher court can alter order granting protection

Chandigarh | Friday | 12th April, 2019

Summary:

The government challenged the ex-parte order by moving an application, saying the order of protection in the murder case was passed without hearing the state. AdvertisingOn March 7, the order granting the protection was passed by Justice Ramendra Jain. In his reply, Umranangal also accused the government of casting aspersions on the justice delivery system. Meanwhile, the court on Thursday also dismissed the government application for advancing the hearing of the case from already fixed date of April 23. THE suspended Punjab IGP Paramraj Singh Umranangal on Thursday told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that the order by which he was granted seven days protection from interrogation in the sacrilege cases is beyond the the scope of review or recall and can only be challenged before a higher court..