Noting that judges cannot act like “tape recorders” and have a duty to protect witnesses at least in sensitive cases, the Supreme Court has shifted the murder trial of a senior engineer from Uttarakhand to a Delhi court.
Radhey Shyam, a superintendent engineer with the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation department, was shot dead in broad daylight by three persons at his residence at Roorkee in Uttarakhand on June 18, 2006.
“The murder sent shock waves throughout Uttarakhand and UP and in engineering and bureaucratic community,” the SC said on Tuesday.
Shyam’s son Vikas Kumar Roorkewal had requested the SC to shift the trial, saying his father’s death was connected to disputes about contracts of the Rs 240-crore Upper Ganga Link Canal Project, meant to link Yamuna and Ganga, that he was incharge of at the time of his murder
Radhey Shyam, a superintendent engineer with the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation department, was shot dead in broad daylight by three persons at his residence at Roorkee in Uttarakhand on June 18, 2006.
“The murder sent shock waves throughout Uttarakhand and UP and in engineering and bureaucratic community,” the SC said on Tuesday.
Shyam’s son Vikas Kumar Roorkewal had requested the SC to shift the trial, saying his father’s death was connected to disputes about contracts of the Rs 240-crore Upper Ganga Link Canal Project, meant to link Yamuna and Ganga, that he was incharge of at the time of his murder
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