Petition in HC says appeals of celebrities heard out-of-turn
21 July 2015 6:51 AM IST
The order was given by a Bench headed by Chief Justice Mohit Shah, which was hearing a petition objecting to appeals of celebrities, including film actors Shiney Ahuja and Salman Khan, against their conviction being heard expeditiously.
Shashikala Bhagwan Gangurde filed the petition on behalf of her incarcerated husband and many other convicts who eagerly wait in jails for many years to get bail and struggle to ensure that their appeals are listed for final hearing.
The petitioner cited the case of Ahuja, who was convicted in March 2011 on charges of raping his maid, saying his appeal has been listed already for final hearing. It also referred to the case of Khan who was recently sentenced to five-year jail term in a hit-and-run case in which one person was killed and four others were injured. The petition alleged that Khan’s appeal too has been listed out-of-turn for final hearing.
The petitioner’s counsel, Aparna Vatkar, argued it was discriminatory on the part of respondents – The Registrar General (Judicial) of High Court and Maharashtra government – in placing all matters of celebrities for final hearing on an urgent basis, in spite of being filed much later.
BMW hit-and-run convict refused bail, lawyer cites Salman case
The Gujarat high court on Monday rejected the bail plea of Vismay Shah, awarded a five-year jail term by a lower court in a 2013 BMW hit-and-run case, even as his lawyer cited the case of actor Salman Khan, who was given relief in a similar incident in Mumbai. Justice SG Shah rejected the bail application of Vismay, whose car had mowed down two men. After a Sessions Court convicted Vismay on July 13, he had moved a plea before the High Court against the verdict and sought bail.
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