NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court On Monday he sought the response of the Uttar Pradesh government in a statement challenging Kerala’s arrest. journalist Siddique Kappan on the way to Hathras, where a young Dalit had died after allegedly being gang-raped.
A bench of the Chief Justice SA Bobde and judges AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian asked the lawyer for the Kerala Union of Worker Journalists (KUWJ) why he has not approached the Allahabad Superior Court and I got to her right away.
“We will issue a notice. We will keep it on Friday,” the bank said when lead attorney Kapil SibalAppearing in favor of the association, he requested the scribe’s bail, saying that there was nothing against him.
“The FIR does not name him. No crimes are alleged. He has been in jail since October 5,” Sibal said.
While raising questions about not going to the Supreme Court, the court said: “We did not rely on the merits of the case. Why have you not gone to Superior Court?”
Previously, the high court had said that it would hear the guilty plea after four weeks, and in the meantime, the corps of journalists could go to the Allahabad high court to get relief.
Journalist Siddique Kappan was arrested on 5 October while on his way to Hathras, the home of the young Dalit who died after being gang-raped, allegedly by four upper caste men.
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