Courts can’t redact name of acquitted: Madras HC

Madras high court on Tuesday observed that our criminal justice system is yet to reach such standards wherein courts can venture to pass orders for redaction of name of an accused on certain objective criteria prescribed by rules or regulations. Saying so, the court dismissed a plea moved by a man seeking to redact his name from a judgment of the court which acquitted him from a criminal case.

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