Rights of the complainant

(1) The complainant may lodge his complaint relating to any 'misconduct' or 'serious misconduct' on the part of police personnel either with the departmental police authorities or with the Commission: Provided that no complaint shall be entertained by the Commission if the subject matter of the complaint is being examined by any other commission, or any Court. (2) In cases where a complainant has lodged a complaint with the Police authority, he may inform the Commission at any stage of the departmental inquiry about any inordinate delay in the processing of the inquiry. (3) The complainant shall have a right to be informed of the progress of the departmental inquiry into his complaint and its result by the concerned police authority or the Commission. (4) The complainant may attend all hearings in any proceeding concerning his case, and shall be informed of the date and place of each hearing. (5) All hearings shall be conducted in a language intelligible to the complainant, and if the situation warrants, an interpreter shall be requisitioned if the complainant so desires. (6) Where upon the completion of the departmental inquiry, the complainant is dissatisfied with the outcome of the inquiry on the grounds that the said...