The Supreme Court on Monday said it had quashed an FIR against BJP MP Anurag Thakur and others in a case related to alleged encroachment of land for the construction of the Dharamshala cricket stadium by "mistake".
A bench of justices A K Sikri and S A Nazeer was told by the counsel appearing for former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who has been arrayed as a respondent in the case filed by the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA), that the November 2 order of the top court should be recalled first.
On November 2, the apex court had quashed two FIRs against Thakur, his father and former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and others in two separate cases — one related to alleged irregularities in granting land on lease for the construction of the Dharamshala cricket stadium and another pertaining to alleged encroachment of Government land.
Senior advocate P S Patwalia, appearing for Thakur and others, told the bench that there was no need to recall the order as the main FIR was already quashed by the court.
The counsel representing Singh said the November 2 order should be recalled as the apex court had by mistake quashed a separate FIR against Thakur and others in connection with a case related to alleged encroachment of land, where staff quarters of the education department of the state was situated.
He said no argument was advanced by them in the second FIR, which was quashed by the court "by mistake".