New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued an order staying the immediate execution of a non-bailable warrant against Congress National Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, granted a period of four weeks to the senior Congress political leader to approach the trial court for cancellation of the non-bailable warrant issued in relation to an FIR registered against Surjewala in 2000.
“The petitioner is granted liberty to move an application for cancellation of a non-bailable warrant to trial court within a period of four weeks,” ordered the Bench, also comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra.
The Bench said that the warrant issued by the Varanasi Special MP/MLA Court on November 7 will not be executed for the next five weeks.
The top court decided to take up the matter for urgent hearing after an out-of-turn mention was made by senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who appeared on Surjewala’s behalf.
Singhvi explained that a non-bailable warrant was issued by the trial court despite the verdict being reserved by the Allahabad High Court on Surjewala’s plea seeking quashing of the criminal case.
With inputs from IANS