Summary:
New Delhi: After the Delhi Police in two consecutive hearings, tiptoed on fixing responsibility for the leak of a supplementary chargesheet in a north-east Delhi riots case even before cognizance, Justice Mukta Gupta of the Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Commissioner to file an affidavit fixing responsibility on the person instrumental in leaking the information to the media. However, the Delhi HC had heavily criticised the Delhi Police for a shoddy vigilance report that it had prepared on the leaks. In Friday's hearing, the court said, "It is a proved allegation (of leakage) once it comes in media. Advocate Amit Mahajan, representing the Delhi Police, maintained that the contents of the supplementary charge sheet were not leaked to the media by the police. The high court listed the matter for further hearing on March 25..