CJI Lalit-led bench will hear pleas of Siddique Kappan, Navlakha, PILs on Monday

The Chief Justice of India U U Lalitheaded bench will hear the bail plea of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan a petition of activist Gautam Navlakha and some important PILs on Monday his first working day in the Supreme Court as the CJIJustice Lalit was sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India on Saturday a nonworking day in the Supreme CourtAccording to the cause list uploaded in the apex court website CJI Lalit will hold the bench in court number one with Justice S Ravindra Bhat on MondayKeralabased journalist Kappan arrested in October 2020 while on his way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh where a young Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gangraped has approached the top court seeking bail in the caseA Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had earlier this month rejected his bail application Kappan was booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in the alleged Hathras conspiracy caseAlso Read Judiciary should walk the talk Mehbooba Mufti after journalist Siddique Kappan denied bail in UPHis plea on being mentioned for an urgent hearing was directed to be listed on August 26 by former Chief Justice N V Ramana last weekChief Justice Lalit along with Justice Bhat will also hear an appeal filed by human rights activist Navlakha an accused in the Elgar ParishadMaoist links case against the Bombay High Court order of April 26 rejecting his plea that he be placed under house custody instead of being lodged in prisonThe case against Navlakha and other arrested accused pertains to the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31 2017 Police had alleged that the event was funded by MaoistsA bench headed by Chief Justice Lalit is scheduled to hear a number of fresh PILs on various issuesThe top court is also scheduled to hear a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict which dismissed the petitions seeking permission to wearHijab inside the classroom saying Hijab is not a part of the essential religious practice in Islamic faithOn August 2 then Chief Justice N V Ramana while hearing a plea for urgent listing of appeals and other petitions on the Hijab row had said that the court would hear a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdictThe top court on July 13 had agreed to hear the petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict on the issueThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever