A bench comprising CJI UU Lalit and Justice Ravindra Bhat issued a notice on the petition filed by Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, challenging the rejection of his bail application by the Allahabad High Court.
Kappan has been incarcerated in connection with a Hathras conspiracy case for over a year and two months now.
The matter has been posted for final disposal on 9 September.
“PFI is not a terrorist organisation. PFI is not a banned organisation. I am a journalist. I was going to Hathras to cover the case. What happened is that I was working with a newspaper with PFI. I don’t work there any more,” Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Kappan, reportedly told the court.
GAUTAM NAVLAKHA’S PLEA TO SHIFT FROM PRISON TO HOUSE ARREST: JUSTICE BHAT RECUSES HIMSELF
Justice S Ravindra Bhat, along with CJI Lalit, was slated to hear Bhima Koregaon accused Gautam Navlakha’s plea, seeking to be transferred out of Taloja Central Prison and be placed under house arrest.
But on Monday, he…