{"id":58810,"date":"2020-02-13T13:41:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T08:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58810"},"modified":"2020-02-13T13:41:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T08:11:49","slug":"sc-refuses-to-entertain-plea-on-gargi-college-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-to-entertain-plea-on-gargi-college-incident","title":{"rendered":"SC refuses to entertain plea on Gargi College incident."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Gargi-College-incident.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58814\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-to-entertain-plea-on-gargi-college-incident\/gargi-college-incident\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Gargi-College-incident.jpg?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"297,170\" 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=\"Gargi College incident\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Gargi-College-incident.jpg?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-58814\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Gargi-College-incident.jpg?resize=297%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Gargi-College-incident.jpg?w=297&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Gargi-College-incident.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the alleged molestation of students during a cultural festival at the all-woman Gargi College here last week.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde asked lawyer M L Sharma, who mentioned the matter seeking urgent hearing, to move the Delhi High Court with his plea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why don&#8217;t you go to the Delhi HC. If they dismiss the petition then you come here,&#8221; the bench, also comprising justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant, said.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court said it would like to have advantage of Delhi HC&#8217;s view on this matter.<\/p>\n<p>Sharma expressed apprehension that electronic evidence related to the case might be destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>On this, the top court said, &#8220;Delhi High Court can also pass order like the Telangana High Court in the police encounter case to preserve electronic evidence&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the alleged molestation of students during a cultural festival at the all-woman Gargi College here last week. 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