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Hindustan Times
5 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Pradeep Gharat willing to rejoin as SPP in Dr Payal Tadvi case, state tells HC
MUMBAI: Two days after the Bombay High court asked the state government to check if senior advocate Pradeep Gharat would consider returning as special public prosecutor (SPP) in the 2019 Dr Payal Tadvi suicide abetment case, the state government on Wednesday told the HC that Gharat has expressed willingness to rejoin the case, which has seen multiple delays over the past five years. Pradeep Gharat willing to rejoin as SPP in Dr Payal Tadvi case, state tells HC Additional public prosecutor Shreekant Gavand informed a division bench of justices Ravindra Ghuge and Rajesh Patil that he had spoken to Gharat, who confirmed that he was ready to resume his role as SPP in the matter. On March 7, 2025, the state government removed Pradeep Gharat from the case. In his place, the state had appointed advocate Mahesh Manohar Mule as special public prosecutor. Dr Payal Tadvi's husband, Dr Salman Tadvi and her mother Abeda Salim Tadvi opposed the new appointment. In November 2024, while serving as SPP, Gharat filed an application before the special court seeking to make Dr Yi Ching Ling Chung Chiang — then head of the obstetrics and gynaecology department — a co-accused in the case. Gharat argued that Dr Chiang had failed to act on repeated complaints of harassment lodged by Payal and her family, despite an obligation to intervene. The application relied on findings of the hospital's anti-ragging committee and an early written complaint by Payal's mother. On February 28, 2025, the special court allowed the application, paving the way for Dr Chiang's prosecution alongside the original three accused. Barely a week later, however, the state government abruptly replaced Gharat with advocate Mahesh Manohar Mule. The decision was neither explained in the official notification nor conveyed to Payal's family, prompting her mother to move the high court challenging the move. Dr Payal Tadvi, a 26-year-old postgraduate medical student from the oppressed Bhil tribal community, died by suicide on May 22, 2019, allegedly after facing prolonged caste-based harassment and ragging by three senior colleagues — Dr Hema Ahuja, Dr Bhakti Meher and Dr Ankita Khandelwal — at the Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Hospital. Her death sparked national outrage, leading to the arrest of the three doctors under provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act, and the Indian Penal Code. They are currently out on bail. Despite the gravity of the allegations, the trial is yet to commence. In earlier hearings, the court had voiced displeasure over Gharat's removal and asked the state to ascertain whether he would be willing to return to the case. The matter will now be heard further in light of the state's statement that Gharat is ready to rejoin as SPP.
New Indian Express
24-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Supreme Court stays Bombay HC verdict acquitting 12 in 2006 Mumbai train blasts case
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Bombay High court's judgement acquitting all 12 accused in the in the 2006 Mumbai train bomb blasts case. The court, however, said there was no question of bringing the 12 back to prison. The two-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice M M Sundresh and also comprising Justice N Kotiswar Singh, also issued notices to all the 12 accused, after hearing the criminal appeals filed by the State of Maharashtra govt challenging the Bombay HC judgment. During a brief hearing on Thursday, the Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, appearing for the State of Maharashtra, requested the top court for a stay of the judgment, citing that some of the observations made by the HC in the verdict can impact other pending trials under the MCOCA. Mehta also clarified that he was not seeking an order from the apex court to direct the accused persons, who have been released from prison following the judgment, to surrender. After hearing the submissions from Mehta, the apex court stayed the HC verdict.
Time of India
24-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
2006 Mumbai train blasts: Supreme Court stays Bombay HC order; clarifies released accused won't return to jail
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Bombay High court's order acquitting all the accused who were convicted of planning and executing the July 11, 2006 serial bomb blasts on Mumbai's suburban rail network. The top court passed the interim stay order after solicitor general Tushar Mehta informed the bench that the verdict could impact trials in other cases under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). The court also clarified that the high court's verdict would not be treated as a precedent in deciding other cases. (This is a developing story)
