New Delhi, Apr 21 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday permitted the withdrawal of a plea that sought a court-monitored investigation into the recent violence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, allegedly triggered by protests against the newly-amended Waqf (Amendment) Act.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N. Kotiswar Singh allowed the petitioner, Advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha (appearing in person) to withdraw his writ petition, while granting him liberty to file a fresh one after proper verification of facts.
The bench, however, expressed displeasure at the nature of averments in the petition. “You seem to be in some kind of hurry,” Justice Surya Kant remarked, observing that the allegations were based largely on media reports and lacked proper substantiation.