The victims of the violence in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri last year, when a minister's son allegedly ran over a group of protesting farmers with his vehicle, have been denied their right to be heard, the Supreme Court said on Monday, cancelling his bail.
Here are the top quotes from judges who cancelled Ashish Mishra's bail in the Lakhimpur Kheri case:
Victims have the right to be heard in every proceeding. We hold that the victims have been denied the chance of an effective hearing in the present case.
The High Court has taken into account several irrelevant considerations and overlooked precedents.
The denial of victims to be heard and the tearing hurry shown by the High Court merits the setting aside of the bail order.
FIR cannot be treated as an encyclopaedia of events. Judicial precedents were ignored.
(When asked to direct a different High Court judge to hear the case) It would not be proper to pass such an order. We are sure that the same judge would not want to hear the matter again.
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