New Delhi
The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned for July 13 the hearing of the plea filed by alleged ‘conman’ Sukesh Chandrashekhar and his wife Leena Paulose seeking transfer from Tihar jail to any other prison outside Delhi on the ground of a threat to his life.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala adjourned the hearing saying there is no urgency in the case.
The apex court adjourned the matter after noting that the affidavit filed by Chandrashekhar and his wife in response to the affidavit of the Enforcement Directorate is not yet on record.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju representing the Centre had told the bench that Chandrashekhar could be transferred to Mandoli Jail in Delhi and the prison is guarded by paramilitary forces.
As a senior advocate, R Basant, appearing for Chandrashekhar, objected to shifting him to Mandoli Jail, the apex court had asked him to file a statement in response to the Centre’s proposal to transfer him to Mandoli prison.
ASG Raju had told the bench that shifting Chandrashekhar from Tihar Jail was unwarranted. While being lodged in jail, he was involved in all illegal activities and he had also called up some judges impersonating the Law Minister asking them to pass orders in his favor, the ASG had argued.
The investigating agency had opposed his plea before the top court to transfer him and his wife from Tihar Jail to any other prison outside Delhi on the ground of a threat to his life.
