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HC adjourns hearing on Togadia, Giriraj Kishore writs
Patna, Sept 02: The Patna High Court today adjourned the hearing on the separate writ petitions filed by VHP leaders Pravin Togadia and Acharya Giriraj Kishore against their recent externment by Bihar government and asked the state government to file counter-affidavits on the matter within two weeks.
Patna, Sept 02: The Patna High Court today adjourned
the hearing on the separate writ petitions filed by VHP
leaders Pravin Togadia and Acharya Giriraj Kishore against
their recent externment by Bihar government and asked the
state government to file counter-affidavits on the matter
within two weeks.
Separate criminal writ petitions were filed last week on
behalf of Togadia and Kishore by advocate Pramod Kumar Sinha
challenging the state's decision to pack off the two from the
Patna airport on August 15 and 16 and prohibiting their entry
into the state in future.
Petitioner's counsels Tarakant Jha and Pramod Kumar Sinha
argued before the division bench of Justice S N Jha and
justice B N P Singh that the state government's order of
externment of the two VHP leaders was malafide and arbitarary
and it violated the fundamental rights under Article 19 (right
to freedom of speech and movement) and Article 21 (protection
of life and personal liberty) of the constitution and
principle of natural justice.
Togadia was served with the externment notice by Patna
district magistrate even before he had disembarked from the
plane and was not given reasonable time to present his case.
In the case of Kishore, they challenged the externment by
Patna authorities saying the magistrate's action was
unauthorised as he was on way to Muzaffarpur and not in the
area of magistrate's jurisdiction.
Amarnath Singh appeared for the state. The matter would next come up on September 16.
Amarnath Singh appeared for the state. The matter would next come up on September 16.
Bureau Report