NEW DELHI: Taking a cue from the central government stand in the 2G spectrum case, the Gujarat government Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to stop monitoring of the trials in the 2002 communal riots cases by the court-appointed special investigation team (SIT).
The central government had asked the apex court to stop monitoring the main 2G spectrum allocation case as the charge sheet had already been filed by the CBI in the trial court.
The government had taken the position that the monitoring should end after the filing of the charge sheet.
The apex court bench of Justice D.K. Jain, Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice Aftab Alam was told by the Gujarat government Tuesday that according to the rules, monitoring should come to an end after the charge sheet was filed.
The court said the trial was being monitored by the SIT for the last two years and there was no change in the circumstances to go back on that decision.
“This is not a new phenomenon that has developed today,” said Justice Jain, with Justice Sathasivam telling state government counsel “we are conscious of the fact (of monitoring)”.
The Gujarat government in its submission objected to the monitoring of the trials in the riots cases by the SIT which submitted periodic reports to court.
Appearing for the Gujarat government, senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi told the court that “this monitoring must come to an end. (IANS)
