During the last hearing of the plea on January 10, the Court had already made it clear that it will appoint a judicial committee to conduct a probe.
However, the composition of the committee was not decided then.
During his visit to Punjab on January 5, the Prime Minister’s convoy was stuck on a flyover at Hussainwala for twenty minutes. It is alleged that the same happend after some protesters allegedly blocked the road.
The Central government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) blamed the Congress government in Punjab for the security lapse. The State government, however, maintained that the PM had altered his route at the last minute.
The plea filed by an organisation called Lawyers Voice sought suspension of Punjab Chief Secretary Anirudh Tewari and Director General of Police Sidharth Chattopadhyaya.
It further prayed that the apex court should take cognizance of the incident and direct the Bathinda District Judge to collect all official documents and materials regarding the deployment and movements of the Punjab Police during the PM’s visit.
Notably, the Government of Punjab had constituted a two-member high level committee to conduct a thorough probe into the security lapse. The Committee will have former Chief Justice of the Punjab & Haryana High Court Justice Mehtab Singh Gill, and Principal Secretary, Home Affairs & Justice, Government of Punjab Anurag Verma as its members. Subsequently, the Central government had formed its own committee to look into the incident.
Source: Barandbench
