In a surprising move, the Supreme Court today appointed Senior Advocates Raju Ramachandran and Sanjay Hegde as amicus curiae in the appeals filed by the accused in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case..The decision was taken by the 3-judge Bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra, V Gopala Gowda and Kurian Joseph a while back..The two amicus curiae will assist the court on behalf of two accused each. While Ramachandran will assist the court on behalf of Mukesh and Pawan, Hegde will assist on behalf of Akshay Kumar and Vinay..Advocate K Parameshwar will assist Raju Ramachandran in the matter..The Court also remarked that though it had full faith in the lawyers appearing on behalf of the accused, it was appointing amicus to “find out what may be the possible perceptions which the court can look at” in the case..Image of Sanjay Hegde taken from here.
In a surprising move, the Supreme Court today appointed Senior Advocates Raju Ramachandran and Sanjay Hegde as amicus curiae in the appeals filed by the accused in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case..The decision was taken by the 3-judge Bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra, V Gopala Gowda and Kurian Joseph a while back..The two amicus curiae will assist the court on behalf of two accused each. While Ramachandran will assist the court on behalf of Mukesh and Pawan, Hegde will assist on behalf of Akshay Kumar and Vinay..Advocate K Parameshwar will assist Raju Ramachandran in the matter..The Court also remarked that though it had full faith in the lawyers appearing on behalf of the accused, it was appointing amicus to “find out what may be the possible perceptions which the court can look at” in the case..Image of Sanjay Hegde taken from here.