SC admits mistake in agreeing to examine franchise scam pleas, asks victims to move HC
We had made a mistake by issuing notice in this.. We don t have a problem admitting our mistake, says bench comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian
PTI | February 8, 2021 | Updated 22:44 IST
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The Supreme Court Monday said it made a mistake by agreeing to examine pleas for probe by multiple agencies in the franchise racket in which a number of people were allegedly cheated of an estimated Rs 30 crore. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, which on November 2 last year had issued notice to the Centre and its agencies on three separate pleas against Westland Trade Private Limited , asked the petitioners to approach the jurisdictional high court with their pleas.
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Last Updated: Feb 08, 2021, 08:05 PM IST
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At the outset, the bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, was told by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, appearing for Mahendra Singh Rana and 37 other victims of alleged the franchise racket, that the top court had agreed to examine itself the pleas and now the victims shouldn t be asked to go a high court.