The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to vacate the stay in the Tulasiram Prajapati fake encounter case against Amit Shah, former Gujarat home minister. Central Bureau of Investigation had sough lifting of stay on criminal proceedings against Shah.
A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan said it cannot pass the order without hearing the parties. It decided to hear from 15 January onwards on the CBI plea as well as other connected applications.
Shah’s counsel Mukul Rohatgi said the matter has come before the court, a day before his client (Amit Shah) is going to file his nomination paper for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections, while.
CBI advocate Vivek Tankha said because of the stay in the Prajapati case, the trial in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing case has also come to a halt, though both the cases were the result of different transactions.
The Supreme Court had on 18 October stayed further proceedings against amit Shah in Prajapati fake encounter case and had sought response from the CBI on his plea contending that Prajapati murder case is part of Sohrabuddin Sheikh’s fake encounter case and they should be heard together.
As per the CBI, Tulasiram Prajapti, suspected to be an aide of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, was killed by the Gujarat Police in the state in 2006 after Sohrabuddin’s staged shootout.
A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan said it cannot pass the order without hearing the parties. It decided to hear from 15 January onwards on the CBI plea as well as other connected applications.
Shah’s counsel Mukul Rohatgi said the matter has come before the court, a day before his client (Amit Shah) is going to file his nomination paper for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections, while.
CBI advocate Vivek Tankha said because of the stay in the Prajapati case, the trial in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing case has also come to a halt, though both the cases were the result of different transactions.
The Supreme Court had on 18 October stayed further proceedings against amit Shah in Prajapati fake encounter case and had sought response from the CBI on his plea contending that Prajapati murder case is part of Sohrabuddin Sheikh’s fake encounter case and they should be heard together.
As per the CBI, Tulasiram Prajapti, suspected to be an aide of alleged gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, was killed by the Gujarat Police in the state in 2006 after Sohrabuddin’s staged shootout.