Jammu: Stating that a person cannot be punished for crimes of his relatives, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) would be asked to adhere to the recent High Court ruling on verification process.
Speaking in the Legislative Assembly during grants of departments headed by him, Omar Abdullah said verification process cannot be used a weapon.
“When we prevent anyone from getting a job on the basis of CID verification, it means we are using it as weapon. It is not the job of CID to be used as a weapon,” he said.
Omar said the High Court rightly held in February this year that a person cannot be held punished for crimes of his relatives.
“There is no law anywhere in the world that you will punish a son for the crimes of his father. There is a principle: B cannot be punished for crimes of A,” he said.
Omar said that CID would be asked be adhere to the High Court order on verification process.
In February this year, the HC held ruled that a criminal family background cannot serve as a valid reason for denying a passport application.
The CM said all pending cases of SRO- 43 would be cleared on urgent basis.
Omar also announced amnesty scheme for consumers of Power Development Department but added that there would be some changes in it.
“I believe that we need to bring some changes in it. Our intention shouldn’t be to give amnesty again and again. Aren’t we punishing those who pay bills?” Omar asked. Stating that there is a need to bring back Roshini Scheme, Omar government couldn’t defend it in High Court due to amendments made in it during Ghulam Nabi Azad-led government.
