The Supreme Court on August 22 issued notice to the State of Gujarat on a plea for grant of interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad, who is accused of fabricating evidence to frame high functionaries of the Gujarat Government in a case related to the 2002 riots.
A three-judge Bench led by Justice U.U. Lalit agreed to a request made by senior advocate Kapil Sibal and advocate Aparna Bhat, appearing for Ms. Setalvad, for an urgent listing and decision on the bail plea. The cour t posted the case for August 25 and assured the lawyers that it would hear the case on the day.
At the very beginning of the hearing, Justice Lalit asked Mr. Sibal whether there was any objection to him being part of the Bench as he had, in the past, appeared as a lawyer for some of the accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case.
