HC trashes plea against Bassi for "influencing" JNU case probe

February 29, 2016 12:32

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking action against Police Chief B S Bassi for allegedly "influencing" the probe in the JNU sedition case, saying the plea was for "publicity interest" and courts cannot be burdened with such applications.

"Why did you file this petition? We are surprised that this is not for public interest but for publicity interest," a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said as soon as the hearing commenced.

The bench also asked the petitioner on what basis he was leveling such allegations.

The counsel appearing for petitioner Satish Pandey referred to newspaper reports and said that the plea was based on the statement given by Bassi which was widely published in the media.

To this, the bench said, "We will not go by the newspaper reports. The law is well settled. If you have any other material except these newspaper reports, you can tell us."

During the brief hearing, the counsel said the petition was not for publicity and again referred to newspaper reports.

To this, the bench said, "We cannot burden this court with these kinds of petition. Except newspaper reports we have not found any other material. The writ petition is dismissed".

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