The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Ashish Mishra, the prime accused in mowing down of four farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh in October 202, to respond to the allegation that witnesses were being threatened.
Pointing to the low conviction rate in the money laundering cases, a bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the trial is yet to commence and, with 183 witnesses to be examined, will take a long time.
Speaking at a function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association to celebrate ‘Constitution Day’, the Chief Justice lauded the role played by the Bar in making the judiciary a robust institution.
The Rajasthan government has also tendered an apology in the court for reported contempt of the court in the case of land acquisition.
"What happens is, if you win the elections, EVMs are not tampered with," the apex court pointed out.
On January 13, the apex court had questioned the Delhi Police for not making any progress in the investigation into cases of hate speeches made at religious gatherings in the national capital in 2021, and sought a status report from the police officer investigating the case.
The apex court declined to pass any order on the remarks and listed the family dispute for hearing in July.
The plea was heard by a bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna, which listed the matter after two weeks and asked the petitioner to serve the copy to counsel the Centre.
Justice MB Lokur cleared the decks to set up an open prison in each district in 2018.
A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia directed the CBI to file a report before an appropriate court after the conclusion of the investigation.
