Supreme Court asks Registry to explain delay of a year in listing an anticipatory bail plea by flouting the court-ordered four weeks limit

The matter was first heard on September 19, 2019 and notice was issued. However the bench had directed the case to be listed within four weeks but instead the case came up for hearing on August 28, after almost a year.

Ajay Rastogi, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Aniruddha Bose

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul called for an explanation from registry officials as to why was an anticipatory bail plea not listed within four weeks as ordered in September, 2019.

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