A former Supreme Court judge questioned the non-grant of bail to Sisodia
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- The former SC Justice questioned the non-grant of bail to Manish Sisodia
- “Courts seem to have forgotten the basic principles of granting or denying bail”
- ‘Corruption cases against some politicians are not new – former Justice Lokur
New Delhi:
Former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia is currently in jail in the Delhi Liquor Policy scam case. The Supreme Court had recently refused to grant him bail. Now former Supreme Court judge Justice Lokur has raised many questions on the court’s decision not to grant bail. Justice Lokur has raised these questions due to the denial of bail to former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia. “It seems that the courts have forgotten the basic principles of granting or denying bail,” he said. Along with this, he termed the reluctance of the judiciary to see the intention of the investigating agencies, such as filing incomplete chargesheets and not providing documents just to keep the accused in jail, as extremely unfortunate.
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Justice Lokur questioned the court
Responding to a question on the denial of bail to AAP leader Manish Sisodia, Justice Lokur said, ‘Generally it seems that the courts have forgotten the basic principles of granting or denying bail. Nowadays, if a person is arrested, you can be sure that he will be in jail for at least a few months. The former judge said that the police first arrest the person, then start serious investigation, an incomplete charge sheet is filed and then a supplementary charge sheet is filed and the documents are not produced. He said that the most unfortunate and disturbing thing is that some courts are not ready to look into this.
‘Allegation of political vendetta is false in every case’
Justice Lokur said, ‘Corruption cases against some politicians are not new. There are also other criminal cases against some politicians. It is difficult to allege political vendetta in all cases, but there may be truth in some cases. The worrying aspect of all this is that after the investigation begins and the suspect changes allegiance, giving rise to serious suspicions of political vendetta, the investigation is abandoned.’ A former Supreme Court judge said in an interview that the judiciary needs to wake up. Realities of life, but it is very difficult to allege political vendetta in every case of corruption involving politicians.
‘Law books don’t tell the whole story’
When asked how the judiciary should approach the issue of alleged misuse of investigative agencies by the central and state governments, Justice Lokur said the judiciary needs to wake up to the realities of life as law books do not tell the whole story. The judge said that the Supreme Court has in many judgments adopted the basic principles for the exercise of discretionary power in the matter of bail. He said that the problem is that some courts do not apply these basic principles, even though they know everything. However, the question is why this is being done?
Supreme Court has not granted bail to Manish Sisodia
On October 30, the Supreme Court denied bail to former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in corruption and money laundering cases related to the alleged Delhi Excise Policy scam. The CBI arrested him on February 26. Mincing the increasing number of corruption cases filed by government agencies against political opponents in recent years, Justice Lokur said that although such matters were not new, the problem was the direction of investigations against the suspects. That is, if they make political changes. loyalty
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