{"id":260979,"date":"2022-03-16T12:42:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T07:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/?p=260979"},"modified":"2022-10-10T18:34:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T13:04:52","slug":"lakhimpur-kheri-supreme-court-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/constitutional-law-news\/supreme-court-news\/lakhimpur-kheri-supreme-court-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakhimpur Kheri: Supreme Court directs UP government to file affidavit on protection of witnesses, against bail to Ashish Mishra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Supreme Court<\/a> on Wednesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to file a detailed affidavit on Lakhimpur Kheri incident, narrating the steps taken to protect the witnesses and also explain why bail granted to accused Ashish Mishra should be not cancelled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana fixed March 24 as the next date of hearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The order was passed by the Apex Court on a petition challenging the bail granted to Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni by the Allahabad High Court in the case involving the killing of eight people, including four farmers, after they were allegedly mowed down by an SUV belonging to the Union Minister\u2019s son in Lakhimpur Kheri district, during a farmers protest last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The court was earlier informed by lawyer Prashant Bhushan, representing the victims’ families, that the matter had not been on the list of business, while there was an attack on one of the prime witnesses of the case as he sought an urgent hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n