New Delhi, May 23 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday expressed displeasure over the Allahabad High Court deferring 27 times the bail plea of an accused in a cheating case of the CBI and granted him the relief.
"How can the high court adjourn the bail hearing for 27 times in a matter related to personal liberty?" a bench comprising Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih asked.
Granting bail to Lakshya Tawar, the top court closed the matter before the Allahabad High Court.
It also issued a notice to the CBI on Tawar's plea, saying the only issue that remained was the repeated adjournments on the matter in the high court.
The bench said the top court normally did not entertain a plea against the adjournments in the he...