https://x.com/SauravDassss/status/1839133837261156374 Sep 26, 2024
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#DelhiRiotsLargerConspiracyCase: ... Bail petitions have been pending for more than 2 years, arguments heard at least 3-4 times, and yet, Judges unwilling to pass orders. It is nothing less than a scandal. ...this is definitely NOT routine. First Bench reserved orders for more than 6 months and yet failed to pass them. Second Bench, despite being told to reserve orders, chose not to do so. This is absolutely abnormal. The other possibility, of course, is if the Judges themselves are self-censoring and kowtowing with the govt for Chief Justiceship and possible elevation to Supreme Court. Either way, this case is a stain on the Delhi High Court. One must also ask that if the senior Judge on the bench is doing this, is the junior judge supposed to sit like a lame-duck? Can the junior judge not put their foot down and say “I will write an order if you don’t”? Is every junior judge of all the benches that have so far heard these bail pleas not with a spine?
Delhi riots cases: Judges’ new postings mean bail pleas to be heard afresh, third time https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-riots-cases-judges-new-postings-mean-bail-pleas-to-be-heard-afresh-third-time-9588269/
Filed separately beginning March 2022, the bail pleas of Abdul Khalid Saifi, Gulfisha Fatima, Md Saleem Khan and Shifa Ur Rehman have been argued fully by their lawyers twice before two different benches. With both the benches, the presiding Judge was appointed as Chief Justice of another HC, and no verdict was delivered.
With Justice Suresh Kumar Kait, who headed the bench that last heard the case, taking oath as Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh HC on Wednesday, the case will have to be heard de novo (from the beginning) before a new bench.
In April 2022, a bench comprising Justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar began hearing the bail pleas. The bench reserved its order in all four cases — for Saifi on January 5, 2023; for Fatima on February 13, 2023; and for Khan and Rehman on March 6, 2023. The bail pleas of two other accused, Athar Khan and Shadab Ahmad, were also heard at length. While both sides completed their arguments, the accused were to submit a rejoinder to rebut the prosecution’s arguments.
Northeast Delhi riots: Four years on, where do the 700 cases registered in its aftermath stand? https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/northeast-delhi-riots-four-years-on-where-do-the-700-cases-registered-in-its-aftermath-stand-9179340/ Police sources also stated that in the 695 cases, 47 persons were convicted whereas 183 were acquitted. While 1,738 people are out on bail, 108 are in jail. Moreover, 50 have been discharged.