Police and Professionals Appearing Before Court as Witnesses Must Wear Prescribed Uniform and Maintain Discipline: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has directed that police officers, medical practitioners and other professionals appearing before courts as witnesses must attend in the prescribed uniform wherever applicable and maintain absolute integrity, discipline and devotion to duty while giving evidence. The Division Bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice N Senthilkumar also restored the departmental punishment imposed on a police officer who appeared before a court in a drunken condition while…