SC rejects Pawan Khera’s plea for protection against arrest | India News
New Delhi: Supreme Court Congress on Friday rejected leader Pawan Khera’s plea for interim protection till Tuesday from his arrest and asked him to seek anticipatory bail from an Assam court, where the chief minister has lodged an FIR against him. Himanta Biswa Sharmahis wife A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and AS Chandukar refused to tinker with his order passed on Wednesday when it stayed the Telangana High Court’s order granting him transit anticipatory bail. Senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Khera, said he was ready to approach the Assam court but applied for five-day protection as the application could be filed only on Monday. But the bench rejected the plea saying he can file a petition on Friday or Saturday and request an urgent hearing even if the concerned court is not functioning. “…We reiterate that after the filing of an application for anticipatory bail by respondent No. 1 (Khera), the Court in deciding such bail application shall not be prejudiced by any observation made by this Court in its April 15 order suspending transit bail...,” the bench said.
