05-15-2009, 07:45 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>After SC rap, Maya withdraws NSA against Varun Gandhi</b>
pioneer.com
Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
After relentlessly pursuing Varun Gandhi for over a month and a half, an obstinate Uttar Pradesh Government on Thursday finally saw the writing on the wall and revoked the imposition of National Security Act (NSA) on him. The decision came after the Supreme Court rubbished the Stateâs objection to implement the directives of the Advisory Board that called for the revocation of the Act.
On May 8, a three-member Advisory Board of judges held the NSA against Varun unsustainable. It recommended the State Government to implement its direction and revoke the ban. The State Government, however, preferred to challenge this order before the Supreme Court that was heard by the apex court on Thursday.
Varun had also filed a fresh petition before the apex court challenging the State Governmentâs action to oppose the Advisory Boardâs order directing his release.
Finding himself in a peculiar situation, Varun, through his counsel senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi, argued that by its present action the State Government violated his fundamental rights a second time around. Varun had been granted a two-week parole by the Supreme Court on May 1 to fight the Lok Sabha election as Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh).
â<b>How can the State Government say it would not follow the Advisory Boardâs decision when it is binding on it,â</b> argued Rohtagi. He even expressed surprise on how the State could have refused to implement the May 8 order on the ground that the Advisory Board did not hear the District Magistrate. âWhat is the game being played,â Rohtagi asked, adding, <b>âThis is clear subversion of law.â</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
pioneer.com
Pioneer News Service | New Delhi
After relentlessly pursuing Varun Gandhi for over a month and a half, an obstinate Uttar Pradesh Government on Thursday finally saw the writing on the wall and revoked the imposition of National Security Act (NSA) on him. The decision came after the Supreme Court rubbished the Stateâs objection to implement the directives of the Advisory Board that called for the revocation of the Act.
On May 8, a three-member Advisory Board of judges held the NSA against Varun unsustainable. It recommended the State Government to implement its direction and revoke the ban. The State Government, however, preferred to challenge this order before the Supreme Court that was heard by the apex court on Thursday.
Varun had also filed a fresh petition before the apex court challenging the State Governmentâs action to oppose the Advisory Boardâs order directing his release.
Finding himself in a peculiar situation, Varun, through his counsel senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi, argued that by its present action the State Government violated his fundamental rights a second time around. Varun had been granted a two-week parole by the Supreme Court on May 1 to fight the Lok Sabha election as Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh).
â<b>How can the State Government say it would not follow the Advisory Boardâs decision when it is binding on it,â</b> argued Rohtagi. He even expressed surprise on how the State could have refused to implement the May 8 order on the ground that the Advisory Board did not hear the District Magistrate. âWhat is the game being played,â Rohtagi asked, adding, <b>âThis is clear subversion of law.â</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->