Maoist links case: Saibaba, who is wheelchair-bound due to a physical disability, is currently lodged at the Nagpur central prison. The bench also allowed the appeal of five other convicts in the case and acquitted them. One of the five died pending hearing of the appeal.
Hours after the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court acquitted former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba in an alleged Maoist links case, the Maharashtra government on Friday approached the Supreme Court challenging the decision.
While the bench said that it could not stay the order acquitting Saibaba, it directed for the case to be listed before an appropriate bench after the Chief Justice of India (CJI) provided his administrative approval.
The Supreme Court will hear on Saturday a plea by Maharashtra government challenging the Bombay High Court s Nagpur bench order, acquitting former Delhi University professor G.N