Attempt to scuttle Arnab's plea in SC; SCBA president's letter countered by predecessor

On Tuesday, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Dushyant Dave sought to scuttle SC's hearing on Arnab Goswami's plea challenging rejection of his interim bail petition. In a letter addressed to SC Secretary General, Dave lodged a strong protest with urgent listing of Arnab's Special Leave Petition. While claiming that he did t want to interfere with Arnab's right to move Supreme Court, he accused top court of selectively listing matters for last 8 months. He has since been countered by an ever-growing list of senior lawyers. 

Attempting to claim that "special preference" was given to Arnab whenever he approached apex court, Dave mentioned that many Advocates on Record had told him that matters filed by m do get listed for weeks and months. He questioned SC Secretary General on why "selective listing" of matters is taking place despite system being computerized and asked  SC Secretary General to place his letter before two-judge bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee which is hearing Arnab's petition. 

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Ex-SCBA president reacts to Dave's letter

Former Additional Solicitor General of India Vikas Singh spoke exclusively to Republic TV on Dave's letter. ex-SCBA president opined that matters concerning individual liberty should be listed even during a holiday. To buttress his point, Singh recalled that he had got journalist Vid Dua's matter listed in apex court during vacation. Maintaining that top court was correct in hearing Arnab's plea out of turn, he added that SC should make an exception in every case involving infringement of personal liberty. 

Ex-SCBA president Vikas Singh remarked, "I had also got Vid Dua's matter listed during vacation. Of course, it was so easy as in case of Arnab Goswami. But it was definitely listed in vacation. I personally feel that every individual should have his personal liberty matter listed even on a holiday. Because se are matters of moment and if one feels that re is an infringement of his personal liberty, n Supreme Court should always do exception in every case. I personally feel that it was done rightly in case of Vid Dua. It was rightly done in case of Arnab Goswami. It should be done for every individual. It should t be restricted to journalists but done for everybody. re is thing wrong with Supreme Court hearing this matter out of turn." 

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