Apex courtroom questions delayed itemizing of teesta plea
By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned why the Gujarat High Court has listed the bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad for listening to on September 19, six weeks after it despatched a discover to the state authorities in search of a response to her software, and requested the state to tell it by 2 pm on Friday about whether or not such a precedent existed there.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and justices S Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia posted the plea of Setalvad for additional listening to on Friday. Setalvad was arrested for allegedly fabricating proof to border “innocent people” within the 2002 Gujarat riots circumstances.
“We will hear this case tomorrow at 2 pm. Give us instances where a lady accused in such cases has got such dates from high court. Either this lady has been made an exception….How can the court give this date? Is this standard practice in Gujarat?” an apparently displeased CJI stated.
The Gujarat High Court had on August 3 issued a discover to the state authorities on the bail plea of Setalvad and stuck the matter for listening to on September 19. An Ahmedabad classes courtroom had on July 30 rejected the bail functions of Setalvad and former Director General of Police R B Sreekumar within the case, saying that in the event that they had been launched, it can ship a message to wrongdoers that an individual can degree allegations with impunity and get away with it.
Setalvad and Sreekumar, each arrested in June, are accused of fabricating proof to border “innocent people” within the post-Godhra riots circumstances of 2002. They are lodged within the Sabarmati central jail.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned why the Gujarat High Court has listed the bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad for listening to on September 19, six weeks after it despatched a discover to the state authorities in search of a response to her software, and requested the state to tell it by 2 pm on Friday about whether or not such a precedent existed there.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and justices S Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia posted the plea of Setalvad for additional listening to on Friday. Setalvad was arrested for allegedly fabricating proof to border “innocent people” within the 2002 Gujarat riots circumstances.
“We will hear this case tomorrow at 2 pm. Give us instances where a lady accused in such cases has got such dates from high court. Either this lady has been made an exception….How can the court give this date? Is this standard practice in Gujarat?” an apparently displeased CJI stated.
The Gujarat High Court had on August 3 issued a discover to the state authorities on the bail plea of Setalvad and stuck the matter for listening to on September 19. An Ahmedabad classes courtroom had on July 30 rejected the bail functions of Setalvad and former Director General of Police R B Sreekumar within the case, saying that in the event that they had been launched, it can ship a message to wrongdoers that an individual can degree allegations with impunity and get away with it.
Setalvad and Sreekumar, each arrested in June, are accused of fabricating proof to border “innocent people” within the post-Godhra riots circumstances of 2002. They are lodged within the Sabarmati central jail.
