Delhi Assembly has passed the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) (Delhi Amendment) Bill, 2015 which empowers Delhi Govt to initiate a magisterial inquiry to cover any other cases in police custody and suspicious death.
- The bill amends section 176(1) of the CrPC Act, 1973 and widens the scope of magisterial inquiry into cases of suspicious death, rapes in police custody and suspicious disappearances.
Opposition has challenged the bill but Kejriwal Govt has mentioned that CrPC Act, 1976enacted by Parliament is a subject in the Concurrent list (having 52 items) in the 7thSchedule to the Constitution of India and having power to amend it.
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