Monday, July 3, 2017

SC stays contempt proceedings against Arundhati Roy

Jul 04 2017 : The Times of India (Chennai)
SC stays contempt proceedings against Arundhati Roy
New Delhi:
PTI



The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the contempt proceedings against author and activist Arundhati Roy in the Bombay high court for her article in a weekly questioning the incarceration of Delhi University professor G N Saibaba.A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud also granted the leave of appeal to Roy and listed her plea against the issuance of criminal contempt notice by the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court for final hearing.
Initially, the court said it wanted to dispose of the case but later considered submissions of senior advocate Chander Uday Singh, appearing for the writer, and observed: “Leave is granted.The proceedings shall remain stayed. List for final hearing.“
The apex court had earlier refused to stay the contempt notice issued against Roy by the high court on December 23, 2015 for her views on the arrest of Saibaba and the rejection of his bail plea early last year.
The bench had also declined to exempt her from personal appearance before a single judge of the Nagpur bench of the high court.

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