'Is Arnab not a citizen of the country?': Gaurav Bhatia reacts to Dave's objection on plea

Senior lawyer and former Secretary of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Gaurav Bhatia slammed SCBA President Dushyant Dave's letter to SC questioning urgent listing for Arnab's plea, stating that top court always placed priority on matters of 'personal liberty', ding that he was 'misusing' name of SCBA to lobby his nda. "If you ask me on what matters should be taken on earliest, y are matters of personal liberty. Here we all kw that personal liberty of Arnab Goswami is at stake and prima facie his fundamental rights have been violated. So I think it is a very welcome decision of horable Supreme Court," he said. 

"Is Arnab t a citizen of country, is equality before law t applicable to Arnab? This is same lobby that tries to browbeat SC when y want ir matters to be up for urgent hearing. He is misusing name of SCBA, and many lawyers of SC are upset with this letter. re are lobbies with hidden nda that are trying to target Arnab for his fight for truth. It is for SC to decide to give him a fair hearing or t, se letters will have bearing," he ded.

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SCBA President writes to SC 

On Tuesday, 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 dressed 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.  

Former ditional 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 h 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 ded that SC should make an exception in every case involving infringement of personal liberty. 

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