A day after a Delhi court directed the CBI to withdraw a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against former Amnesty International India Chief Aakar Patel and tender a written apology in order to “heal his wounds”, the investigating agency was granted interim relief after it moved a revision petition against the order on Friday.
The order was passed by Special CBI judge Santosh Snehi Mann who directed Mr. Patel to not leave the country without the court’s permission. The next date of the hearing has been posted to April 14 and a response has been sought from Mr. Patel by the court.
Staying the direction passed on Thursday by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pawan Kumar, the Special CBI judge orally noted: “There has to be a reasonable time to a party, who feels that the order isn’t favourable to approach the authority. The remedy is there”.
