Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Supreme Court Hearing-Live Updates

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26 Oct 2021 5:19 AM GMT

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Supreme Court to continue hearing today the PIL on the #Lakhmipurkheri incident.In the last hearing, Supreme Court observed that it was getting the impression that the Uttar Pradesh Police was "dragging its feet" in its investigation into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence of October 3, which claimed the lives of 8 people, four of them being farmers protesters who were allegedly mowed down by...

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26 Oct 2021 5:29 AM GMT
Justice Kant: your case is there was crowd of 4000-5000 persons who are all local people. And even post incident most of have been agitating, Thats what’s been reported. Identification of these people should not be a problem then!
26 Oct 2021 5:29 AM GMT
Salve: There’s lot of media evidence. It has to be certified so it can be admitted. Lot of them are formal witnesses who led to recovery and all, their 164 isn’t taken
26 Oct 2021 5:29 AM GMT
CJI: your case or anybody’s case is that there are 100’s of farmers, there was a rally going on and only 23 eye witnesses?
26 Oct 2021 5:28 AM GMT
Sr Adv Harish Salve for UP: There are some further figures which have been updated. Out of 68 witnesses, 30 have been recorded under 164 & i asked how many are wye witnesses, so 23 claim to be eye witness
A lot of them are formal witnesses.
26 Oct 2021 5:28 AM GMT
AAG for UP: statements of several other are yet to be recorded. 7 more have been recorded after yesterday
26 Oct 2021 5:25 AM GMT
Sr Adv Garima Prashad, AAG for UP: we had circulated.
Bench: yes we have seen it. Why you kept except one accused, rest in police custody? For what purpose?
26 Oct 2021 5:25 AM GMT
Hearing Started
Harish Salve appearing for UP Govt

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Supreme Court Hearing-Live Updates

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Justice Kant: your case is there was crowd of 4000-5000 persons who are all local people. And even post incident most of have been agitating, Thats what’s been reported. Identification of these people should not be a problem then!

Salve: There’s lot of media evidence. It has to be certified so it can be admitted. Lot of them are formal witnesses who led to recovery and all, their 164 isn’t taken

CJI: your case or anybody’s case is that there are 100’s of farmers, there was a rally going on and only 23 eye witnesses?

Sr Adv Harish Salve for UP: There are some further figures which have been updated. Out of 68 witnesses, 30 have been recorded under 164 & i asked how many are wye witnesses, so 23 claim to be eye witness A lot of them are formal witnesses.

AAG for UP: statements of several other are yet to be recorded. 7 more have been recorded after yesterday

Sr Adv Garima Prashad, AAG for UP: we had circulated. Bench: yes we have seen it. Why you kept except one accused, rest in police custody? For what purpose?

Hearing StartedHarish Salve appearing for UP Govt

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Sr Adv Harish Salve for UP: There are some further figures which have been updated. Out of 68 witnesses, 30 have been recorded under 164 & i asked how many are wye witnesses, so 23 claim to be eye witness
A lot of them are formal witnesses.

Sr Adv Garima Prashad, AAG for UP: we had circulated.
Bench: yes we have seen it. Why you kept except one accused, rest in police custody? For what purpose?

Hearing Started
Harish Salve appearing for UP Govt