Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Tuesday sought the recusal of Justice MR Shah from hearing his petition in the Supreme Court related to the custodial death case, stating that the subject matter of the present plea was earlier decided by Justice Shah, when he was a Judge of the Gujarat High Court
The case of death of the rape victim, who attempted self-immolation outside the Supreme Court premises has been registered under Section 167, 195-A , 218, 504, 506 and 120-B of IPC, against MP Atul Rai and Amitabh Thakur in the Police station Hazratganj, lucknow.