Shimla, June 3 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court has listed Superintendent of Police (SP) Shimla Sanjeev Gandhi's Criminal Miscellaneous Petition (CMP) for hearing on June 5. The plea, filed in Gandhi's personal capacity, challenges the May 23 order of Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, which transferred the investigation into the mysterious death of Vimal Negi to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The case would be heard by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and Justice Ranjan Sharma.
The High Court registry had received Gandhi's amended petition on June 2, which had originally been moved on May 30 in the form of a Letters Patent Appeal (LPA).
However, due to procedural defects, that appeal was earlier ...