Hemant Soren's Plea For Interim Bail : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing

Sibal: It's a personal liberty matter! Your Lordships have not even looked at the facts!

J Datta: Just because you have filed 'without prejudice', the order is no less final and binding than a case which is filed without these words

J Datta: Why did you not mention in this petition?

Sibal: I mentioned in the first, but it was disposed of. If I can't convince you, if this is the impression of the court that we would mislead, I can't stand here as a lawyer

ASG Raju: In the present petition, which was filed much later, it was not mentioned

Sibal: He may not interfere. This is unfair. Also, I asked for the first petition to not be dismissed. To be heard alongwith this. Was I trying to hide?

J Datta: As lawyers, we know how to draft petitions

Sibal: We would never suppress

Sibal: I am told that in previous SLP, cognizance order was placed on record. These were subsequent facts, could not have mentioned in...

J Datta: You pursue parallel remedies

J Sharma: Bail was granted by Bhopal court

Sibal: but court declared arrest illegal, despite that cognizance was taken and charges framed

J Datta: This judgment says if arrest is illegal, court should compensate

Sibal: Meanwhile this person was granted bail by this court

Sibal citing judgment on the proposition that cognizance order shall not come in the way of release

Sibal: Assume I have made a mistake, why should the client...

J Datta: He is in custody, but he is not a layman

Sibal: He is not in touch with us. It's not his fault!

Sibal: The HC judge did not render judgment to make my matter infructuous