Four sensitive cases listed before this Supreme Court bench were withdrawn https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/four-sensitive-cases-listed-before-this-supreme-court-bench-were-withdrawn
Accused in politically sensitive cases under the UAPA and PMLA seem to be avoiding a bench that has been rejecting similar bail pleas.
The recent spate of withdrawals of important cases listed before a Bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal has led one to question the possible reasons behind the legal strategy.
1. Umar Khalid: Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal sought permission to withdraw the bail plea. Sibal referred to “changed circumstances” and said he would seek relief in the trial court. The Court permitted him to withdraw the plea.
2. Hany Babu, an accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case, withdrew his bail plea from the Supreme Court on May 3, citing a change in circumstances. His counsel had added they would move the High Court afresh for bail.
3. Manik Bhattacharya The Court allowed Bhattacharya to file a fresh plea with any additional documents before the High Court and asked the High Court to consider the matter afresh and expeditiously.Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra sought to place additional documents on record, but Justice Trivedi remarked that "procedurally no new documents could be relied upon before the Supreme Court if they do not form part of the earlier High Court records."
4.Salim Malik
In response to protests against matters.. the Supreme Court had clarified that "any attempt of bench and judge hunting will be thwarted" and that the Supreme Court "cannot be a lawyer-driven court".