Remarks in opposition to PM: SC extends interim bail of Congress’ Pawan Khera until March 17

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday prolonged until March 17 the interim bail granted to Congress chief Pawan Khera in a case associated to alleged objectionable remarks he made in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Assam Police had arrested Khera within the case.

A 3-judge bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala adjourned the listening to to March 17 because it had run out of time.

The bench additionally identified that the replies of Uttar Pradesh and Assam weren’t on report and it’ll hear the plea after the Holi trip.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, showing for the Assam authorities, instructed the bench that the state has filed the reply to the petition of Khera and wish to argue the case at any time when the courtroom deems it match to listen to.

The courtroom made clear that the interim bail granted to Khera will probably be prolonged until March 17 when it would hear the matter.

Earlier, on February 27, the courtroom had prolonged the safety to the Congress spokesperson until Friday.

Khera was arrested from the Delhi airport after he was de-boarded from a aircraft that was alleged to take him to Raipur in connection along with his alleged remarks in opposition to Modi made at a press convention in Mumbai on February 17.

The Congress chief obtained bail from a magisterial courtroom right here on February 23 after the CJI-led bench granted him the interim bail throughout an pressing listening to earlier within the day.

“In order to enable the petitioner (Khera) to apply for regular bail before the jurisdictional court, upon the FIRs being transferred to one jurisdiction, we direct that the petitioner shall be released on interim bail by the court of the competent magistrate at Delhi where he is to be produced this evening,” the apex courtroom had mentioned.

“The above order shall remain in operation till February 28,” it had mentioned.

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The apex courtroom, which had listed the matter for listening to on February 27, had issued notices to Assam and Uttar Pradesh, searching for their responses to Khera’s plea for transferring and clubbing collectively three separate FIRs lodged in opposition to him in Assam and in Uttar Pradesh cities of Lucknow and Varanasi.

After dictating the order, the CJI had apparently expressed his displeasure with the Congress chief’s remarks and noticed: “We have protected you (Khera), but there has to be some level of discourse.”

Senior lawyer A M Singhvi, showing for Khera, had mentioned the phrases taken at their face worth, as mirrored within the FIRs, don’t set up any offence punishable underneath the sections invoked.

Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, showing for the state of Assam, had performed the offending video within the courtroom and claimed that Khera’s assertion on Modi was a “deliberate attempt to denigrate a constitutional functionary”.

Singhvi, nevertheless, had additionally instructed the apex courtroom that Khera had already apologised for his remarks and the offences alleged in opposition to him within the instances didn’t require arrest.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday prolonged until March 17 the interim bail granted to Congress chief Pawan Khera in a case associated to alleged objectionable remarks he made in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Assam Police had arrested Khera within the case.

A 3-judge bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala adjourned the listening to to March 17 because it had run out of time.

The bench additionally identified that the replies of Uttar Pradesh and Assam weren’t on report and it’ll hear the plea after the Holi trip.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, showing for the Assam authorities, instructed the bench that the state has filed the reply to the petition of Khera and wish to argue the case at any time when the courtroom deems it match to listen to.

The courtroom made clear that the interim bail granted to Khera will probably be prolonged until March 17 when it would hear the matter.

Earlier, on February 27, the courtroom had prolonged the safety to the Congress spokesperson until Friday.

Khera was arrested from the Delhi airport after he was de-boarded from a aircraft that was alleged to take him to Raipur in connection along with his alleged remarks in opposition to Modi made at a press convention in Mumbai on February 17.

The Congress chief obtained bail from a magisterial courtroom right here on February 23 after the CJI-led bench granted him the interim bail throughout an pressing listening to earlier within the day.

“In order to enable the petitioner (Khera) to apply for regular bail before the jurisdictional court, upon the FIRs being transferred to one jurisdiction, we direct that the petitioner shall be released on interim bail by the court of the competent magistrate at Delhi where he is to be produced this evening,” the apex courtroom had mentioned.

“The above order shall remain in operation till February 28,” it had mentioned.

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The apex courtroom, which had listed the matter for listening to on February 27, had issued notices to Assam and Uttar Pradesh, searching for their responses to Khera’s plea for transferring and clubbing collectively three separate FIRs lodged in opposition to him in Assam and in Uttar Pradesh cities of Lucknow and Varanasi.

After dictating the order, the CJI had apparently expressed his displeasure with the Congress chief’s remarks and noticed: “We have protected you (Khera), but there has to be some level of discourse.”

Senior lawyer A M Singhvi, showing for Khera, had mentioned the phrases taken at their face worth, as mirrored within the FIRs, don’t set up any offence punishable underneath the sections invoked.

Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, showing for the state of Assam, had performed the offending video within the courtroom and claimed that Khera’s assertion on Modi was a “deliberate attempt to denigrate a constitutional functionary”.

Singhvi, nevertheless, had additionally instructed the apex courtroom that Khera had already apologised for his remarks and the offences alleged in opposition to him within the instances didn’t require arrest.