Recalling witnesses through casual invocation of Section 311 CrPC must be stopped: Madras HC

Recalling witnesses through casual invocation of Section 311 CrPC must be stopped: Madras HC
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The Madras High Court recently emphasised that trial proceedings cannot be prolonged unduly under the guise of recalling a witness. Expressing disapproval for the casual invocation of Section 311 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to belatedly recall witnesses, Justice N Anand Venkatesh observed,

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