The PIL reported an incident where a complaint of insult to modesty was not investigated by the police.
The prosecutor approached the Tis Hazari court under Article 156(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code but the case was repeatedly postponed, it was noted.
The petitioner, advocate Vivek Kumar Gaurav, has argued that delay in disposal of cases could destroy evidence.
The petitioner emphasized that the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita has no facilities for expeditious disposal of applications for registration of FIR.
“The inordinate delay in adjudication of applications before the concerned magistrates for registration of FIR so often makes the remedy ineffective due to the passage of time, the electronic and scientific evidence like CCTV footage from the cameras installed by the state, and DNA/Forensic evidence such as nail scrapings and bloodstains are reduced, resulting in ineffective investigation, rendering the said remedy useless,” said the petition filed through advocate Rohit Shukla.