Will consider plea for separate agency to deal with trafficking cases ‘seriously’: SC
The HinduThe Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear that it will seriously consider arguments for a separate agency to investigate and prosecute cases of human trafficking and for a separate and comprehensive protocol to take care of the safety of the victims of the crime. Ms. Bhat referred to a December 9, 2015 order of the Supreme Court which had recorded the Home Ministry’s assurance to set up the ‘Organised Crime Investigative Agency ’ by September 2016. Responding for the Union government, Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati submitted that the new criminal laws, namely, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Act, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Act, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Act, all of which came into effect on July 1, 2024 comprehensively deal with trafficking. On the aspect of a new agency, Ms. Bhati said the National Investigation Agency along with the new criminal laws and the Immoral Traffic Act of 1955 “meet the needs originally envisioned for the OCIA and the proposed trafficking legislation” more robustly.
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