Punjab and Haryana HC to hear Bikram Majithia's bail plea on July 15

Chandigarh, July 15: Punjab and Haryana High Court to hear Bikram Majithia’s bail plea on July 15. Earlier, the Double Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court recused from hearing the same and said the matter would be heard again from the beginning. But then the bench refused to give the verdict. Also Read: Ripudaman Singh Malik acquitted in 1985 Air India bombing shot dead in Canada  Therefore, the matter will be taken up for hearing in the Special Double Bench today. Notably, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had on June 1 reserved its judgment on the bail plea of SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who was booked in December 2021 by the Punjab Police in a drugs case. Majithia had approached the HC on May 23 stating that "there has been no credible and legally admissible material against him." "The case is blatantly political in nature and has been registered after an inordinate delay with the purpose of using the same as an election plank in the assembly polls of February 2022,” he had further argued. However, when the matter came up for hearing on Monday, the court refused to take up the case and and mentioned that "the hearing of the case will start afresh". Also Read: US reports over 1,000 monkeypox cases Now, the Chief Justice will decide which Bench would take up this matter. Earlier, the matter was reserved by the Division Bench of Justices AG Masih and Sandeep Moudgil. -PTC News