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The Supreme Court connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) refused to transportation the proceedings proceedings successful pending intersexual battle cases involving erstwhile JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna from a Bengaluru Special Court to different Sessions Court successful the city.
Appearing earlier a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, elder advocates Siddharth Luthra and Siddharth Dave sought the transportation connected the ground of definite observations made by the Special Judge successful his August 1 judgement convicting Revanna successful an earlier intersexual battle case.
The elder lawyers argued that the observations would bias the trials pending earlier the aforesaid judge.
However, Chief Justice Kant took objection to the plea, saying “I americium not idiosyncratic who volition instrumentality the browbeating of judges oregon courts lightly… As soon arsenic a justice makes an reflection determination are allegations made against him?”
The Bench, besides comprising Justice Bagchi, aft perusing the observations, said they were contextual to the grounds of the peculiar proceedings and were successful tandem with observations made by the High Court successful a erstwhile judgment.
“Be that arsenic it may, these observations by the Presiding Officer cannot beryllium the instauration of forming a definite sentiment of bias oregon prejudging the Issues,” the tribunal observed successful the order.
The tribunal recovered nary crushed to deliberation that the observations made by him earlier successful the August 1 judgement would prejudice oregon sway the proceedings justice successful the pending cases.
“He [trial judge] shall measure the grounds successful the pending trials and volition confine his conclusions connected the ground of the grounds led successful the pending trials only. In different words, nary inference shall beryllium drawn against the petitioner connected the ground of the erstwhile condemnation oregon the grounds led successful the proceedings which led to his conviction, much so, erstwhile the entreaty by the petitioner is statedly pending earlier the High Court,” the apex tribunal ordered.
