Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, heading a bench also comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra, said that the date for the hearing will be given after the matter is mentioned for an early hearing.
The top court further said: “It's a hard-earned acquittal. How many years has the man spent in jail? The law is that there is a presumption of innocence. Once there is an order of acquittal, that presumption gets fortified.
According to the airline’s norms, pilots who are first officers are required to serve a notice period of six months and captains for one year.
Kochhar's advocate Amit Desai argued that Chanda had voluntarily sent an email to CBI saying that she is willing to come and explain everything but didn't get any response for one week.
The bench also set the next hearing in the case against the National Testing Agency (NTA) on January 10.
Granting Teltumbde bail of Rs 100,000 plus two sureties, division bench noted UAPA sections for offences of unlawful activities.
In their verdict, a division bench of Justices Rohit Deo and Anil Pansare acquitted Mahesh K. Tirki, Hem Keshawdatt Mishra, Prashant Rahi, Vijay Nan Tirki and Pandur Pora Narote who died in August this year.
The Chief Minister also said that Goa is a multilingual state, where different languages are used for different tasks.
A case has been registered against the father-son duo for allegedly collecting Rs 57 crore for Vikrant through crowd-funding in 2013-2014.
Nitesh Rane's lawyer, Nitin Pradhan contended before the court that his client had been cooperating with the investigators and had been questioned for four hours last month.
