CJI fumes at Teesta’s write-up on riots
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was shameful and ‘not in good taste’ the attempts of some social activists, particularly Ms Teesta Setalvad, to blame it for the delay in hearing the Gujarat riots cases.
By TNN |
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was shameful and ���not in good taste��� the attempts of some social activists, particularly Ms Teesta Setalvad, to blame it for the delay in hearing the Gujarat riots cases.
What has invited the displeasure of the apex court was the recent articles written by Ms Setalvad in which she reportedly questioned judicial efficacy in dealing with riots cases, the hearing of which have been adjourned several times after 2004.
As soon as the Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan assembled to hear bail matters of Godhra accused and legal validity of a provision of Pota, the judges referred to the articles by Setalvad about pending riot matters in the apex court in which her NGO was one of the parties.
���It is not in good taste,��� the bench, also comprising Justices R V Raveendran and Dalveer Bhandari, said referring to her recent article about the post-Godhra riots in which she termed adjournments of hearing as unfair delay. ���Who is this Teesta Setalvad. Is she a spokesperson of these persons or petitioners,��� it said before starting the proceedings on the bail petitions filed by the Godhra accused. ���There is one article that appeared (written by her).
If she is representing these persons (Godhra accused) we do not want to hear them,��� the bench said. The Chief Justice, who said her article also appeared in a Malayalam weekly, was particularly perturbed over the allegations that hearing on post-Godhra cases were fixed in such a way that it gets adjourned.
What has invited the displeasure of the apex court was the recent articles written by Ms Setalvad in which she reportedly questioned judicial efficacy in dealing with riots cases, the hearing of which have been adjourned several times after 2004.
As soon as the Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan assembled to hear bail matters of Godhra accused and legal validity of a provision of Pota, the judges referred to the articles by Setalvad about pending riot matters in the apex court in which her NGO was one of the parties.
���It is not in good taste,��� the bench, also comprising Justices R V Raveendran and Dalveer Bhandari, said referring to her recent article about the post-Godhra riots in which she termed adjournments of hearing as unfair delay. ���Who is this Teesta Setalvad. Is she a spokesperson of these persons or petitioners,��� it said before starting the proceedings on the bail petitions filed by the Godhra accused. ���There is one article that appeared (written by her).
If she is representing these persons (Godhra accused) we do not want to hear them,��� the bench said. The Chief Justice, who said her article also appeared in a Malayalam weekly, was particularly perturbed over the allegations that hearing on post-Godhra cases were fixed in such a way that it gets adjourned.
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