The top court is also seized of the former cop’s plea seeking permission to produce additional evidence in the Gujarat High Court before the High Court begins final hearing in his appeal against conviction in a custodial death case.
Bhatt is known for being a vocal critic of the Narendra Modi-led government. Prior to his dismissal from service, he had filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court alleging that the Modi-led Gujarat government had a complicit role in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
He was dismissed from service by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs in 2015 on grounds of unauthorised absence from service.
Source: Barandbench
