A Bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti, therefore, called upon the Delhi High Court to decide the bail plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain without delay.
“It goes without saying that bail prayers are not unnecessarily to be adjourned and thus we hope and pray that High Court takes a call on the matter when it is listed next,” the Court observed.
This was after Jain’s counsel, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi pointed out how the plea was adjourned for six weeks.
“Six weeks adjournment over the vacation. Earlier it was held that such cases be dealt with within a week,” Singhvi said.
“We will observe that High Court will ensure that matter is decided (fast),” the Court remarked.
However, it declined to entertain Jain’s plea that the matter involves an important question of law which should be heard by the Supreme Court.
“Why should we observe for deferment of your case (before High Court). Let High Court decide and then Supreme Court can take a call,” the Bench observed.
Therefore, it disposed of the plea while urging the High Court not to delay the hearing.
“This petition is against an order of Delhi High Court adjourning the hearing of bail application by Satyendra Jain. Senior Counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi submits that the question of law which would govern the decision of High Court is engaging attention of this court and thus this matter be tagged with Supreme Court case. We do not find merit in that submission as High Court is yet to take a call and if High Court takes a decision then a remedy is before Supreme Court,” the Court said in its order.
Source: Barandbench
