Protective directions in DRI enquiry permit personal food and medicines while ensuring office-hours conduct and expeditious completion.

During an ongoing DRI enquiry, practical accommodation may be required to permit basic necessities such as carrying personal food and medicines, while the enquiry can also be regulated to proceed during office hours and be completed expeditiously. The text records that the respondents had no objection to the petitioners carrying their own food and medicines, and the proceeding was disposed of with limited protective directions governing the manner of enquiry without affecting the substantive investigation.

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Issues: Whether the petitioners were entitled to be permitted to carry their own food and medicines during the DRI enquiry and whether the enquiry should be regulated to take place during office hours and be completed expeditiously.

Analysis: The petition sought certiorari and related directions concerning the manner of conduct of the enquiry. The concerns regarding food and medicines were treated as essential requirements, and the respondents fairly stated that there would be no objection to the petitioners carrying their own food and medicines. The enquiry was also directed to proceed during office hours and to be completed as expeditiously as possible.

Conclusion: The petitioners were granted the limited relief of carrying their own food and medicines, and the enquiry was directed to be conducted during office hours and completed expeditiously.

Final Conclusion: The proceeding was disposed of with limited protective directions regulating the ongoing enquiry in favour of the petitioners.

Ratio Decidendi: Where the exigencies of an ongoing enquiry require practical accommodation, the authority may be directed to permit basic necessities and to conduct the enquiry within reasonable office hours without affecting the substantive investigation.

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