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NEW DELHI: Five days before taking oath as 49th CJI, Justice U U Lalit led bench of the Supreme Court would hear an appeal filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad seeking interim bail in the recently filed FIR accusing her and former DGP R B Sreekumar of fabricating documents to frame then CM Narendra Modi and other officials in the 2002 post-Godhra riots cases in Gujarat.
Her appeal against the August 3 order of Gujarat HC denying her interim bail was mentioned for urgent hearing by advocate Aparna Bhat before a bench of Chief Justices N V Ramana and Justices J K Maheshwari and Hima Kohli. The CJI-led bench directed listing of Setalvad’s appeal for hearing on August 22 before a bench headed by Justice Lalit, who would take oath as CJI on August 27.
On August 3, the Justice Ilesh Shah of the high court admitted Setalvad’s bail plea and posted a further hearing for September 19.
Her appeal against the August 3 order of Gujarat HC denying her interim bail was mentioned for urgent hearing by advocate Aparna Bhat before a bench of Chief Justices N V Ramana and Justices J K Maheshwari and Hima Kohli. The CJI-led bench directed listing of Setalvad’s appeal for hearing on August 22 before a bench headed by Justice Lalit, who would take oath as CJI on August 27.
On August 3, the Justice Ilesh Shah of the high court admitted Setalvad’s bail plea and posted a further hearing for September 19.
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