Chief Justice of India leads a three-judge SC bench which will decide upon the legality of arrests and raids of the five activists associated with the Bhima-Koregaon case.
Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud who are also part of the bench have scrutinised how the investigation into a riots case has turned into a conspiracy to ‘wreck mass destruction’ and ‘assassinate a sovereign head’ as is being claimed by the police. The SC warned that the case might be quashed if the evidence provided by the Maharashtra government is found to be fabricated or made up.
Activists Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bhardwaj, Arun Ferreira, Vara Vara Rao and Gautam Navlakha, have been put under house arrest by order of the Chief Justice in a bid to protect their liberty.
The much-anticipated hearing has seen the centre stepping in to state how ‘Naxalism’ is a problem faced by the entire nation and not just specific to a particular state.
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