Supreme Court of India

Romila Thapar and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2018] 11 S.C.R. 951
Bench Dipak Misra, A. M. Khanwilkar and Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud JJ.
Decided 28 September 2018

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In view of the above, we have advisedly refrained from dealing with the factual issues raised by the parties and includi ng the named accused represented by their counsel before us, as any observation made by this Court may cause serious prejudice to them or the co-ac cused who are not before this Court or, for that matter, the prosecution case, resulting in serious miscarriage of justice.

Judgment, page 38

From the headnote

Constitution of India – Art.32 – Writ petition filed by five persons, as next best friend of five activists-accu sed who were arrested purportedly in connection with FIR No.4/18 – Said FIR registered in Pune in relation to communal violence that took place in Bhima Koregaon as outcome of an event organized by organization called Elgar Parishad – Plea of petitioners that neither o f the five accused persons were present in the said event nor an y allegation against them is found in the FIR and that the said FIR was fabric ated by Pune Police after FIR No.2/18 was filed against some indutva

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