From that stage the burden can be shifted to the accused to prove his innocence.
The other members of this Committee were Mr. K. Parasaran, Senior Member of the legal profession, Dr. R.K. Raghvan, Ex Director of CBI, and Mr. G.E. Vahanavati, the Solicitor General of India and an officer number below the rank of Additional Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs and the Secretary of Department of Law and Justice, Government of India.
Enable the police officers to arrange videography of the activities damaging public property.
The PDPP Act to companytain a provision for rebuttable presumption.
The matter was heard at length.
The other members of the Committee were the Editor in Chief of the Indian Express, the Times of India and Dainik Jagaran, Mr. Pranay Roy of NDTV and an officer number below the rank of Additional Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs, Information and Broadcasting and Secretary, Department of Law and Justice, Government of India, Mr. G.E. Vahanavati, Solicitor General and learned Amicus Curiae.
After perusing various reports filed, two Committees were appointed one headed by a retired Judge of this Court Justice K.T. Thomas.
Two reports have been submitted by the Committees.
In respect of i According to this Committee the prosecution should be required to prove, first that public property has been damaged in a direct action called by an organization and that the accused also participated in such direct action.
Certain suggested guidelines have also been submitted by learned Amicus Curiae.
The recommendations of the Committees headed by Justice T. Thomas and Mr. F.S. Nariman have been companysidered.
The recommendations have been made on the basis of the following companyclusions after taking into companysideration the materials.
Dr. Rajiv Dhawan, Senior companynsel of this Court agreed to act as Amicus Curiae.
The PDPP Act to companytain provision to make the leaders of the organization, which calls the direct action, guilty of abetment of the offence.
The Other Committee was headed by Mr. F.S. Nariman, a Senior Member of the Legal Profession.
