About the Committee

Hon’ble the Supreme Court of India vide its Judgment dated 11^th January, 2022, in ‘Smruti Tukaram Badade v. State of Maharashtra’ (Miscellaneous Application No 1852 of 2019 in Criminal Appeal No 1101 of 2019), has emphasized the need to create a safe and protective environment for vulnerable witnesses while recording their evidence. Vide the said judgment, the Supreme Court had constituted a Committee and appointed Justice (Retd.) Gita Mittal, Former Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir as the Chairperson of the Committee with a mandate to devise and implement “an All India Vulnerable Witness Deposition Centre (VWDC) Training Programme as well as to engage with the High Courts for creation of infrastructure for VWDCs”.