SC to Take Up K'taka Plea for Clarity on Grounds of Arrest

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a petition filed by the Karnataka government challenging an order of the high court, which allowed release of a murder accused for not being informed about the grounds of his arrest, applying retrospectively the rule laid down by the top court in an October 2023 judgment.

- Abraham Thomas

NEW DELHI:

"We are of the opinion that the matter requires consideration. Issue notice," a bench of justices KV Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh said.

The Karnataka government, represented by senior advocate Siddharth Luthra and advocate DL Chidanand, said the state's high court misread the October 3, 2023 top court judgment in Pankaj Bansal vs Union of India case that held "henceforth" it would be necessary to furnish a copy of written grounds of arrest to the accused as a matter of course and without exception.