§ Mr. SCURRasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether it is the intention of the Government of India to establish coroners' courts in the principal cities of India similar to that established in Bombay, and to cease the conducting of inquests by the police authority?
§ Earl WINTERTONThere is a coroner also in Calcutta. In other parts of India an inquest is not necessarily held by a police officer. Magistrates of certain classes have power to hold inquests and do hold them. The law is contained in Sections 174 to 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. I know of no proposal to change it.