NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Uttar Pradesh govt's response on a petition challenging the shedding of the 2007 Gorakhpur riots case involving Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud issued understand and sought a answer from the state govt in 4 weeks.
"Issue notice. Let a copy of the petition be served on the caveator. Counter affidavit be filed within four weeks hence. Rejoinder, if any, be filed within two weeks therefrom. List after six weeks," the bench mentioned.
An FIR was once lodged at Kotwali police station in Gorakhpur against Yogi Adityanath, then a Member of Parliament, and several other others on January 27, 2007 on fees of marketing enmity between two groups. It was once alleged that a number of incidents of violence have been reported in Gorakhpur on that day after an alleged hate speech by way of Adityanath.
The FIR had additionally claimed that Adityanath's alleged hate speech had resulted in the riots, in which ten people have been reported killed. Adityanath was once arrested and sent to police custody for 11 days.
On February 1, the Allahabad High Court had upheld the quashing of a magistrate's order that had taken cognisance of a rate sheet against Adityanath in reference to the riot case.
The high court docket had brushed aside the petition against the Sessions Court verdict filed by way of Parvez Parwaz, at whose instance the FIR was once registered against Adityanath and others.
Parwaz had challenged the sessions court docket's January 28, 2017 determination quashing the Magistrate's order on the grounds that he was once no longer heard by way of the court docket. He had argued earlier than the high court docket that being the informant in the case, he was once a necessary birthday celebration, however the sessions pass judgement on had set aside the order without impleading him.
The CID had completed its probe in 2015 and sought sanction for prosecution that 12 months. The then Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party govt in the state had no longer granted sanction to prosecute Adityanath.
A rate sheet was once filed by way of the probe agency against Adityanath and others. Later, the magistrate took cognisance of the rate sheet and had summoned him.
The state govt had advised the high court docket that whilst passing the order of cognisance, the magistrate was once required to procure prior approval of state govt, which was once no longer finished.
It mentioned the Sessions Court was once right in setting aside the order and had remanded the topic back to the magistrate for fresh attention.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud issued understand and sought a answer from the state govt in 4 weeks.
"Issue notice. Let a copy of the petition be served on the caveator. Counter affidavit be filed within four weeks hence. Rejoinder, if any, be filed within two weeks therefrom. List after six weeks," the bench mentioned.
An FIR was once lodged at Kotwali police station in Gorakhpur against Yogi Adityanath, then a Member of Parliament, and several other others on January 27, 2007 on fees of marketing enmity between two groups. It was once alleged that a number of incidents of violence have been reported in Gorakhpur on that day after an alleged hate speech by way of Adityanath.
The FIR had additionally claimed that Adityanath's alleged hate speech had resulted in the riots, in which ten people have been reported killed. Adityanath was once arrested and sent to police custody for 11 days.
On February 1, the Allahabad High Court had upheld the quashing of a magistrate's order that had taken cognisance of a rate sheet against Adityanath in reference to the riot case.
The high court docket had brushed aside the petition against the Sessions Court verdict filed by way of Parvez Parwaz, at whose instance the FIR was once registered against Adityanath and others.
Parwaz had challenged the sessions court docket's January 28, 2017 determination quashing the Magistrate's order on the grounds that he was once no longer heard by way of the court docket. He had argued earlier than the high court docket that being the informant in the case, he was once a necessary birthday celebration, however the sessions pass judgement on had set aside the order without impleading him.
The CID had completed its probe in 2015 and sought sanction for prosecution that 12 months. The then Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party govt in the state had no longer granted sanction to prosecute Adityanath.
A rate sheet was once filed by way of the probe agency against Adityanath and others. Later, the magistrate took cognisance of the rate sheet and had summoned him.
The state govt had advised the high court docket that whilst passing the order of cognisance, the magistrate was once required to procure prior approval of state govt, which was once no longer finished.
It mentioned the Sessions Court was once right in setting aside the order and had remanded the topic back to the magistrate for fresh attention.
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