Decide On Maharashtra Ex-Minister's Bail Plea: Supreme Court Directs High Court
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The Supreme Court observed that any person who has filed a bail application has a legitimate expectation that his plea will be disposed of at an early date.
The Supreme Court Monday expressed displeasure over the delay in hearing the bail plea of Maharashtra's former home minister Anil Deshmukh, arrested in connection with a money laundering case, and directed the Bombay High Court to hear and decide his case expeditiously.
The top court observed that any person who has filed a bail application has a legitimate expectation that his plea will be disposed of at an early date.
It said keeping an application for bail pending is not consistent with the Right to Life under Article 21 of the Constitution, A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli noted that the bail plea of Deshmukh is pending in the high court since March 21.
"We issue a direction and permit the petitioner to apply before the learned judge, to whom the case has been assigned, tomorrow. The application shall be taken for hearing during the course of this week and decided expeditiously," the bench said.
