Supreme Court Relief To Randeep Surjewala In 23-Year-Old Case
NDTV
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud ordered that a non-bailable warrant issued against Mr Surjewala shall not be executed for five weeks.
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted five weeks' protection against Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) to national spokesperson of Congress Randeep Surjewala in a 23-year-old case of violent protest in the divisional commissioner's court and office compound in Varanasi. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra ordered that a non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued against Mr Surjewala shall not be executed for five weeks.
The bench also granted four weeks to Mr Surjewala to move the application before the Varanasi court and seek cancellation of the NBW.
"We permit the petitioner to move the trial court for cancellation of NBW within four weeks and the warrant shall not be executed for the period ending after five weeks," the bench said.
