The Supreme Court on Friday (October 31) issued a set of directions to ensure that investigating agencies do not arbitrarily issue summons to advocates in criminal cases over the legal advice given by them to the accused.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice NV Anjaria pronounced the decision in the suo motu case taken by the Court over the issue of investigating agencies arbitrarily summoning advocates representing accused.

While the Court refrained from issuing any guidelines and ruled out the need for Magisterial supervision before the issuance of summons, it issued certain directions.

"We have tried to harmonise the evidentiary rule with the procedural rule and issued the following directions," Justice Vinod Chandran said.

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