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Supreme Court to hear pleas seeking withdrawal of CJP protest cases

From Hindustan Times · () English

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Newswire Named sources In the courts
  • Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar have asked India’s Supreme Court to quash criminal cases linked to July protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party.
  • Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the Centre had filed separate applications for the four states.
  • Chief Justice Surya Kant agreed to hear the applications together and told the states to ensure their pleas contained no defects.

India’s Supreme Court is set to consider whether criminal cases linked to July protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party can be quashed, after four states joined the Centre’s effort to end the proceedings.

Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar filed separate applications, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told Chief Justice of India Surya Kant. The cases arose from protests that began at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in June over alleged irregularities and repeated paper leaks in national examinations.

We have also filed four different applications for different states where FIRs would require to be quashed. If the papers could be called for and all matters be listed at 2 pm.

— Tushar MehtaIndia’s solicitor general asked the Supreme Court to hear the state applications together.

The protests were later called off after talks with the Centre on July 25. One of the protesters’ demands was the withdrawal of criminal cases filed in connection with the agitation.

Mehta asked the court to call for the papers and list the matters together. Chief Justice Kant agreed to hear the applications jointly, but issued a practical instruction to the states: “Okay! We will take them together. Please, make sure the applications are free from defects.”

Okay! We will take them together. Please, make sure the applications are free from defects.

— Surya KantThe chief justice agreed to combine the hearing while warning the states to submit properly prepared pleas.
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