Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, confirming the Allahabad High Court order that freed Dr. Khan said, “Criminal cases will be decided on their own. You cannot use a preventive detention order in another case,”
The top court said that the farmers' protest will soon become a ‘national issue’ and has issued notices to the Central government as well as the Delhi, Punjab and Haryana governments. The court has asked that they will have to respond by tomorrow before the winter vacation begins.
The top court had, on January 13, asked four senior lawyers to convene a meeting to decide on the issues to be deliberated by it in the matter.
A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde allowed the petitioner, a United Arab Emirates-based non-resident Indian, to withdraw her plea with the liberty to approach the high court.
Justice Bobde, who was felicitated at a function organized by the High Court Bar Association in Maharashtra's Nagpur, made the clarification after former Chief Justice RM Lodha expressed concern about the use of AI.
