Maharashtra to have whistleblower/witness protection law

Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that it would soon come out with a law to provide protection to whistleblowers and witnesses in sensitive cases.
The court had last October asked it to frame a fresh policy on the issue.
The division bench headed by Justice A S Oka was today informed that the government was likely to come out with a law instead of a mere policy.
A draft of the proposed law was also submitted to the court.
The court then asked the government to file an affidavit stating the same within a week.
In October 2014, the High Court, while ordering the government to frame a fresh policy, had also directed that protection should be provided immediately to whistleblowers and witnesses even during the investigation stage if such a person makes a request for protection.

The bench has taken up the issue suo moto (on its own) after the murder of RTI activist Satish Shetty.