{"id":37261,"date":"2015-04-08T17:41:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T17:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=37261"},"modified":"2015-04-08T17:50:13","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T17:50:13","slug":"uber-rape-case-will-lay-down-law-on-whether-accused-has-right-to-recall-witness-says-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uber-rape-case-will-lay-down-law-on-whether-accused-has-right-to-recall-witness-says-sc","title":{"rendered":"Uber rape case: Will lay down law on whether accused has right to recall witness, says SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Uber-rape-case.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" data-attachment-id=\"37262\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/uber-rape-case-will-lay-down-law-on-whether-accused-has-right-to-recall-witness-says-sc\/uber-rape-case-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Uber-rape-case.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"225,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Uber rape case\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Uber-rape-case.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Uber-rape-case.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37262\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Uber-rape-case.jpg?resize=225%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Uber rape case\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Uber-rape-case.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Uber-rape-case.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Uber-rape-case.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will lay down a law as to whether an accused has got the right to get witnesses recalled for their re-examination in a criminal case.&#8221;We are going to lay down the law that whether witnesses can be recalled at the behest of an accused,&#8221; a bench headed by Justice JS Khehar said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench was hearing two separate petitions filed by the Uber rape case victim and the city police against the Delhi High Court order allowing the accused taxi driver to recall 13 prosecution witnesses, including the victim in the trial.<\/p>\n<p>The bench, meanwhile, also summoned the trial court record of the case before it for next date of hearing on April 22.<\/p>\n<p>It also asked the counsel for accused Shiv Kumar Yadav to furnish the documents, which are written in vernacular language, to the office of the Attorney General for their translation in English.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You (counsel for accused) are the beneficiary of the (High Court) order and you are delaying the proceedings. 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