State Of U.P vs Ram Gopal & Ors on 7 August, 2009

                            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
                CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                   SLP (CRIMINAL) No. 8346 of 2008

State of Uttar Pradesh                              .... Petitioner
                   Versus
Ram Gopal and others                                .... Respondents
                            WITH
                SLP (CRIMINAL) No. _____ of 2009
                                        (Crl.M.P. No.20094/2008)
                                 ORDER

The judgment in this case was to be pronounced after the

pronouncement of the judgment by the Constitution Bench in State of West

Bengal & Ors. v. The Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, West

Bengal & Ors. [Civil Appeal Nos. 6249-6250 of 2001] wherein an identical

question is involved. As the judgment is yet to be pronounced by the

Constitution Bench, let these matters be released from this Bench and be

placed before the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India for appropriate orders.

……………………………… J
(S.B. Sinha)

……………………………… J
(Dr. Mukundakam Sharma)

………………………………J
(Asok Kumar Ganguly)
New Delhi
August 07, 2009