Supreme Court grants interim bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad, stays Gujarat HC order

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A three-judge Supreme Court bench commenced hearing late on Saturday night the plea by social activist Teesta Setalvad seeking interim protection from arrest in a case of alleged fabrication of evidence to frame innocent people in 2002 post-Godhra riots cases...

A bench of Justices B R Gavai, A S Bopanna and Dipankar Datta is hearing the matter in a special sitting after a two-judge vacation bench differed on granting interim protection to Setalvad..

The apex court granted interim protection to activist Teesta Setalvad, whose regular bail was rejected by the Gujarat High Court earlier today in a case of alleged fabrication of evidence in relation to the 2002 Gujarat riots..

Senior advocate CU Singh, appearing for Setalvad, told Supreme Court that she was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court on September 22 last year and she hasnt violated any bail conditions. ..

Supreme Court asked Solicitor General(SG) Tushar Mehta, representing Gujarat government, about the urgency that a person should not be granted seven days time to challenge the bail, when the person was out for so long. ..

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