Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted, “I have a preliminary objection, that one person is in jail and a charge sheet has been filed against him under the UAPA. Eight persons filed for bail and a journalists’ association file a Habeas Corpus petition, which is not maintainable.
A three-judge bench of Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian heard the plea. Khan charged the Registry of pointing unnecessary defects and alleging discrimination.
The Supreme Court today directed Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to consider what the government could do in a plea seeking guidelines on curbing malpractices in Akharas run by babas.