Arnab Goswami And Republic TV 's Plea Against Mumbai Police's FIR In TRP Scam: Live Updates From Bombay High Court [Day 3]
J Pitale- If the state is really reasonable the state should say we will complete our investigation within say 30 days,
That is how reasonableness is shown. This approach is expected.
J Shinde - ED, CBI state police, all should be should act with reasonableness, objective assessment..
J Pitale - They should jot appear to be another form of trouble, that is what is happening now.
J Shinde - There is a concept of welfare state. All the reasonable parameters should be there. The investigating machinery should stop at some stage, can't go on for years together.
Thakare interrupts
J Shinde- Mr Thakare, even according to you they are suspects.
J Pitale - Your IO will say I have reasons to believe and will arrest them, that is how the police machinery works.
J Shinde- Can we treat this as a case of rarest of rare? then reasons should follow if we want to grant interim relief.
J Pitale starts reading the prayers. "How can your prayers be granted as you are not the accused."
He adds, even for transfer to CBI, they are not the complaint.
J Shinde - We are not asking you this question as their advocate
Mundargi - If the press was not here, I would have answered it.
J Shinde says that in the earlier case against Goswami there was a grey area which was clarified by the SC. But what reliefs can be granted here?
J Shinde- Mr Mundargi, what reliefs can be granted in this petition. Yes that chalak-malak, division bench has ruled cannot be used. Now their stand is there is no cause of action.
Court says that at the most clause 22 of the charge sheet (calling them suspects can be quashed)
Mundargi- Today morning they have said they want to continue to investigate. Their design is to keep it open-ended and they