NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre as to why a draft scheme cannot be formulated for witness protection in the country when specific provisions in this regard were already there in the NIA Act.It said that the Ministry of Home Affairs MHA ) could at least come out with a draft programme for witness protection and asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to give his suggestions on the issue. "In the NIA (National Investigation Agency) Act, there are specific provisions for witness protection. Why cannot it be there for all?," a bench comprising justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said. "We understand there are lakhs of cases but it can be done for sensitive cases. Why cannot the Ministry of Home Affairs make out some draft programme on witness protection?"

Source: Times of India November 17, 2017 12:45 UTC