09-11-2006, 09:05 AM
<!--emo&:argue--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/argue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='argue.gif' /><!--endemo--> CJI attacked in '75, appeal still pending in HC
Dhananjay Mahapatra
[ 11 Sep, 2006 0138hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
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The three convicts promptly filed appeals in the Delhi HC challenging their conviction. The HC, since then, is hearing the appeals.
The trial in the murder case against the three is still going on in the Patiala House courts, to where the case was transferred from Samastipur on the orders of the SC in December 1979.
The accused, their families and the witnesses, going through the rigours of the slow-paced trial, are the worst sufferers. And after 30 years of trail their mental condition can well be imagined.
M L Lahoty was a junior advocate when he started appearing in this case with illustrious seniors like Rajinder Singh and Ram Jethmalani. After 31 years, he himself has been designated as a senior advocate but feels shy to say how each time he come back with another date.
The slow proceedings in the L N Mishra murder trial have even echoed in Parliament. Participating in a debate in 2002, Jethmalani as an MP said: "In 1975, L N Mishra was murdered. The case is still going on in the trial court. Who can have respect for this kind of system?"
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Dhananjay Mahapatra
[ 11 Sep, 2006 0138hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
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The three convicts promptly filed appeals in the Delhi HC challenging their conviction. The HC, since then, is hearing the appeals.
The trial in the murder case against the three is still going on in the Patiala House courts, to where the case was transferred from Samastipur on the orders of the SC in December 1979.
The accused, their families and the witnesses, going through the rigours of the slow-paced trial, are the worst sufferers. And after 30 years of trail their mental condition can well be imagined.
M L Lahoty was a junior advocate when he started appearing in this case with illustrious seniors like Rajinder Singh and Ram Jethmalani. After 31 years, he himself has been designated as a senior advocate but feels shy to say how each time he come back with another date.
The slow proceedings in the L N Mishra murder trial have even echoed in Parliament. Participating in a debate in 2002, Jethmalani as an MP said: "In 1975, L N Mishra was murdered. The case is still going on in the trial court. Who can have respect for this kind of system?"
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