The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to NIA and the Centre on a PIl challenging the removal of public prosecutor in the 2008 Malegaon blasts.
The Court refused to stay the trial even as the PIl petitioners led by senior advocate Kapil Sibal pointed out that accused in the case were being let out on bail.
Posting the matter after a week, a Bench of Justices J Chelameswar and AM Sapre issued notice on the petition filed by eminent citizen Harsh Mander who alleged that Government was exerting pressure on the special public prosecutor Rohini Salian to “go soft” on the accused which led her to quit.
Sibal sought stay as the accused were granted bail by the trial court. But the Bench was firm that no stay will be granted till it heard the other side. The Court even sought response of the Maharashtra Government. Salian had alleged that an NIA officer had told her to go soft on the accused.