UAPA: Question arises over who will sentence Andrabi
India, Jan. 21 -- A week after a Delhi court convicted Kashmiri separatist leader Aasiya Andrabi and two others under the UAPA, the case has entered an unusual legal limbo over which judge is legally competent to decide their punishment. The uncertainty surfaced during a hearing last Friday before special judge (NIA) Prashant Sharma, when the court noted the conviction judgment was delivered by his predecessor, Chanderjit Singh, who has since been transferred as a district judge. The question now is whether Singh can hear arguments on the quantum of sentence or the matter must be decided afresh by the designated NIA court.P9...
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