Supreme Court to hear accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence, Gautam Navlakha's challenge against Bombay HC order rejecting his plea for default bail #SupremeCourt #bhimakoregaon
Navlakha has sought bail on the ground that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) failed to file its chargesheet within the prescribed upper-limit of 90 days as per Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
Matter to be taken up now
Advocate Shadan Farasat requests the matter to be heard at 2 pm. Senior Adv Kapil Sibal to appear for Navlakha
Bench agrees
Justice Lalit: Is any counsel there ?
Senior Adv Kapil Sibal: We are waiting for 3 hours. We were not unmuted
Supremw Court issues notice in the matter. Returnable on April 12, 2021
Next date modified to March 15, 2021.
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