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The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to advocate Utsav Bains, who has alleged that there is a conspiracy to frame Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi in a false sexual harassment case.
A bench of Justice Arun Mishra, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Deepak Gupta, while directing the presence of Bains on Wednesday in the court, asked him to produce evidence in support of paras 17 and 20 of his affidavit filed in the apex court on Monday.
Noting that the advocate has expressed “apprehension of threat to his safety”, the court directed Delhi Police Commissioner to “provide adequate police protection and also to ensure his presence in Court tomorrow (Wednesday)”.
The order passed on Tuesday said: “Mr. Utsav Singh Bains, Advocate, is not present today. Issue notice for personal presence of Mr. Utsav Singh Bains, Advocate. We also direct him to produce in this Court the material in support of the averments made in Paragraph Nos. 17 and 20 of the affidavit.” The court had taken suo motu cognizance of the “matter of great public importance touching on the independence of the judiciary” and the affidavit filed by Bains alleging conspiracy.
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