State has a duty to defend victim by appointing efficient GPs or law officers: HC

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The State has a duty to defend the victim by appointing efficient Government Pleaders (GPs)/ law officers, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has said.

It is deeply disturbing to note that the State appears to be appointing GPs/ Public Prosecutors/ law officers not on merit, but on the basis of their allegiance to the ruling dispensation, the court has said.