{"id":38857,"date":"2015-09-04T07:49:59","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T07:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=38857"},"modified":"2015-09-04T07:49:59","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T07:49:59","slug":"malegaon-blasts-sc-judge-recuses-from-hearing-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/malegaon-blasts-sc-judge-recuses-from-hearing-plea","title":{"rendered":"Malegaon blasts : SC judge recuses from hearing plea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38858\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Malegaon-blasts.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38858\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/malegaon-blasts-sc-judge-recuses-from-hearing-plea\/malegaon-blasts-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Malegaon-blasts.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"636,477\" 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=\"Malegaon blasts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Malegaon-blasts.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38858 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Malegaon-blasts.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Malegaon blasts : SC judge recuses from hearing plea\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Malegaon-blasts.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Malegaon-blasts.jpg?w=636&amp;ssl=1 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malegaon blasts : SC judge recuses from hearing plea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"body\">A Supreme Court judge on Friday recused himself from hearing a plea against removal of Special Public Prosecutor by NIA in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, saying that he had represented certain accused in the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The prosecutor had recently stirred a controversy by alleging that an officer of NIA had told her to \u201cgo soft\u201d on the accused, a charge denied by the anti-terror agency. \u201cI represented certain accused in the matter,\u201d Justice U.U. Lalit said while recusing himself from hearing the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The bench, headed by Justice F.M.I. Kalifulla, then said that \u201clet the matter be listed before the Chief Justice of India who, in turn, will allocate it to another bench.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">Senior Advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for Harsh Mander who had filed the PIL, said that she had no objection if the present bench decides to hear the matter. The court, however, declined the plea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The PIL has accused the NDA government of trying to interfere with the functioning of the prosecutor in the case by exerting \u201cpressure\u201d on the prosecutor to \u201cgo soft\u201d on the accused. It alleged that the executive was attempting to influence the judicial system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">It alleged that National Investiation Agency (NIA) officials had pressured erstwhile Special Public Prosecutor in case, Rohini Salian, \u201cpresumably\u201d under instructions from their \u201cpolitical masters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The petition has said that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which is the controlling ministry of NIA, \u201chas been allegedly trying to influence\/pressurize an honest Public Prosecutor to go soft on the accused persons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The petitioner has sought the apex court\u2019s intervention to ensure a fair trial as there were reasons to \u201ccredibly fear\u201d that \u201cexecutive is attempting to influence the judicial system to cave in to the pressure exerted by it in all matters, including affording protection to right-wing extremists who sympathise with its ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">Ms. Salian, who was SPP in the case, had alleged an NIA officer had told her to \u201cgo soft\u201d on the accused. She also claimed the same officer had told her that she would be replaced. Ms. Salian is no longer on NIA\u2019s panel of lawyers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The PIL sought a direction to the Centre to appoint an SPP to conduct \u201cfair\u201d trial and constitute a Special Investigating Team of CBI to probe alleged actions of NIA officials who allegedly pressured Ms. Salian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The high-profile accused in the case include Lt. Col. S.P. Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The 4,000-page charge sheet had alleged that Malegaon was selected for the blasts because of its sizeable Muslim population. It named Ms. Thakur, Lt. Col. Purohit and another accused, Swami Dayanand Pandey, as the key conspirators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The charge sheet had alleged it was Mr. Pandey who had instructed Lt. Col. Purohit to arrange for RDX, while Ms. Thakur owned the motorcycle which was used in the blast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">Ajay Rahirkar, another accused, allegedly organised funds for the terror act, while conspiracy meetings were held at Bhonsala Military School in Nasik, according to the charge sheet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">Rakesh Dhawde, Ramesh Upadhyay, Shyamlal Sahu, Shivnarain Kalsangra, Sudhakar Chaturvedi, Jagdish Mhatre and Sameer Kulkarni were the other accused.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The blast on September 29, 2008 had left four dead and nearly 80 injured.<\/p>\n<div id=\"articleKeywords\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Supreme Court judge on Friday recused himself from hearing a plea against removal of Special Public Prosecutor by NIA in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, saying that he had represented certain accused in the matter. 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