Ranjana Dayal

The Supreme Court yesterday issued notice to the central government on a plea by the CBI challenging the Gauhati High Court verdict holding the agency unconstitutional after quashing the April 1, 1963 Home Ministry resolution setting it up under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act.

After being accused of infidelity by her husband, a 23-year-old Charkop resident drowned her two-year-old daughter in the sea before committing suicide six days ago. The Charkop police arrested her husband and in-laws of the woman yesterday, after her parents claimed that she had committed suicide due to their torture.

The Supreme Court yesterday issued notice to the central government on a plea by the CBI challenging the Gauhati High Court verdict holding the agency unconstitutional after quashing the April 1, 1963 Home Ministry resolution setting it up under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act.

After being accused of infidelity by her husband, a 23-year-old Charkop resident drowned her two-year-old daughter in the sea before committing suicide six days ago. The Charkop police arrested her husband and in-laws of the woman yesterday, after her parents claimed that she had committed suicide due to their torture.