Overview
- Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri issued an interim order on Friday restraining the Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes and its chairman from any interference in the investigation.
- The bench recorded a prima facie view that the commission is not empowered to direct a police probe and called for responses from the panel and chairman Jasvir Singh Garhi by December 11.
- Amrinder Singh Raja Warring’s petition seeks quashing of the commission’s notice and of November 3 directions that asked election officials to act against him and to exclude him from Tarn Taran.
- The plea alleges the commission initiated suo motu proceedings without providing the complaint or evidence, labels the action politically motivated, and accuses the chairman of trying to influence the police and press for arrest.
- An FIR was registered on November 4 in Kapurthala over allegedly casteist remarks about the late Buta Singh during the Tarn Taran bypoll, and the case was reassigned after Justice Suvir Sehgal recused.