You can come here only if you challenge the bail order: Supreme Court to hear Centre's plea against Rhea Chakraborty bail order next week

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear next week the appeal filed by the Central government against the Bombay High Court's order granting bail to Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty (Union of India v. Rhea Chakraborty)..A Bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian was hearing an appeal by the Central government challenging the October 2020 order of Bombay High Court granting bail to Chakraborty in cases registered against her under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). .When the matter was taken up, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta claimed that the High Court order would render the NDPS Act "meaningless". He said,"We know you will not interfere in the grant of bail. But my worry is Bombay High Court has made wide ranging interpretation of NDPS Act which will make the Act meaningless.".CJI SA Bobde then clarified,"We interfere in bail. But you can come here only if you challenge the bail order and not finding of the High Court in a bail order.".SG Mehta then sought the Court's leave to amend the appeal. He said that the Centre would challenge the High Court's finding on the NDPS Act, as well as the grant of bail itself..Chakraborty and others including her brother Showik Chakraborty, Abdel Basit Parihar, Samuel Miranda and Dipesh Sawant are accused of having facilitated the procurement of drugs for consumption by late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.They had filed bail applications before the Bombay High Court after their bail pleas were rejected by a Special NDPS Court in Mumbai..The High Court had granted bail to Chakraborty, Sawant and Miranda but rejected the bail pleas of Abdul Parihar and Showik Chakraborty..Rhea Chakraborty's bail application was allowed by the High Court subject to furnishing a PR Bond of Rs. 1 lakh, among other conditions.She was also restricted from leaving the country as a bail condition..More than five months later, the Centre approached the Supreme Court in appeal against this order..[BREAKING] Central government moves Supreme Court against Bombay High Court decision granting bail to ⁦Rhea Chakraborty in NDPS case.Follow Bar and Bench channel on WhatsAppDownload the Bar and Bench Mobile app for instant access to the latest legal news.