Thread by Bar & Bench – Live Threads / @lawbarandbench (Jan 10)

Supreme Court hearing bail plea of Mahesh Raut, one of the accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case.
Matter before Justices Bela M Trivedi and Ujjal Bhuyan.

Counsel for Raut and ASG SV Raju for NIA point out recent order by bench hearing Gautam Navlakha bail plea that said Registry is to take a call on tagging and listing after orders from CJI.
Present bench defers matter by a week without expressing any opinion on merits.

Order: Interim order (of stay on bail) to continue.

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Also read:
▪ Contrary To SC’s Rules Of Assignment, At Least 8 Politically Sensitive Cases Moved To One Judge In 4 Months (article 14 / Dec 2023)
▪ ‘Ominous portents’: Why High Court staying its own bail orders in Bhima Koregaon case is troubling (Scroll.in / Dec 2023)
▪ Bhima Koregaon: Bombay High Court grants regular bail to Mahesh Raut (The Leaflet / Sep 21, 2023)