Arnab Goswami's Habeas Plea Against His Arrest In 2018 Abetment To Suicide Case -LIVE UPDATES From Bombay High Court

Abad Ponda says that order of State Government says "re-investigation". Govt has no power to order reinvestigation. Only the Court can order re-investigation.

Harish Salve : Alternate remedies do not exclude the jurisdiction of this court.

This is a fit case for ad-interim bail.

Salve concludes.

Harish Salve : For abetment to suicide, I showed judgment. Of course, they were post-conviction judgments. But the principle of law remains.

Harish Salve : Mr Gupte's client (Naik family) will have to explain what they were doing between April 2019 and now.

Also, the death of the mother of Anvay Naik is a bit of a question mark

Harish Salve : If under Article 32 bail can be granted, bail can be granted under Article 226.

Harish Salve : If the question to be asked is if the Court has power, the answer is yes. The writ petition is based on a case of "malice in fact" by the State.

Harish Salve : The very same argument that habeas was not maintainable was raised there. The Supreme Court did not accept it and ordered the relaese of Prashant Kanojia who was remanded to custody.

Haris Salve : The very same argument that habeas was not maintainable was raised there. The Supreme Court did not accept it and ordered the relaese of Prashant Kanojia who was remanded to custody.

Harish Salve refers to the Jagisha Arora's habeas case where the Supreme Court ordered the release of Prashant Kanojia from custody last year.

Harish Salve : Can the Court grant relief? Yes, as per the case referred by Mr. Desai.