Supreme CourtDivision Bench

Maulana Ala Hadrami & Ors. vs Union Of India & Anr

Supreme Court Of India · Decided on 6 August 2020 · Citation: (2020) 8 SCC 118

HON’BLE JUDGES
A.M. Khanwilkar, J · Dinesh Maheshwari, J
CASE NUMBER
Writ Petition (Civil) No(S). 600, 603, 604, 605 Of 2020
Ask AI about this case

AI Structured Summary

Not yet generated for this judgment

No AI summary yet

Generate an eight-section analysis of this judgment — facts, issues, reasoning, ratio and a plain-language gist.

Judgment

16 paragraphs · 287 words

Heard learned counsel for the parties.

Mr. Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General of India, on instructions, submits that the look out notices issued against the petitioner(s) before this Court

stand withdrawn. In other words, the concerned petitioner(s) will be free to leave India subject to any other pending proceedings including order

passed by the Court requiring his/her presence in the stated proceedings. We place the statement on record.

Learned Solicitor General has also, in all fairness, submitted that if the concerned petitioners tender apology, as envisaged by the Madras High Court

in the concerned criminal case, the said petitioners can be permitted to leave India despite the pendency of the criminal case but subject to such orders

that may be passed by the concerned Trial Court.

The learned Solicitor General has also fairly submitted that as of today only ten petitioners have decided to contest the criminal cases pending against

them and are not willing to exercise the option of plea bargaining.

In that case, we deem it appropriate that the criminal cases concerning these ten petitioners pending in different Trial Courts in the NCT of Delhi be

brought before the same Court hearing Criminal Case arising out of FIR No.63 of 2020, so that all the cases can be disposed of expeditiously.

Accordingly, we direct transfer of stated cases to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, South-East Delhi, Saket Court Complex, Saket as suggested and

direct the said Court to dispose of all the cases expeditiously preferably within eight weeks from today.

Copy of this order be forwarded to the concerned court and the Registrar General of the High Court of Delhi for information and necessary action.

List after eight weeks.

Liberty to approach this Court, if required.