Families of farmers killed in Lakhimpur Kheri, who have challenged the bail granted to an accused, the son of a Union Minister, pleaded with the Supreme Court on March 11 to hear them urgently, saying a prime witness was ‘attacked last night’.
In an oral mentioning before Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, the families’ lawyer, advocate Prashant Bhushan, said the case was supposed to be listed on March 11, but was not.
The CJI assured Mr. Bhushan that the case would come up for hearing on March 15. It was a mistake on the part of the court’s office that the case was not listed on March 11.
