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- The Delhi High Court asked petitioners seeking FIRs and an SIT probe into the 2020 riots why they had not approached the Supreme Court, which is already hearing a similar matter.
- The case has been listed for further hearing on 11 December, with multiple petitions seeking action against political leaders, police accountability and independent investigations into the riots.
The Delhi High Court on Friday questioned petitioners seeking FIRs against political leaders and an independent SIT probe into the 2020 Delhi riots for not approaching the Supreme Court, which is already hearing a similar case.
The bench said there was no need for parallel proceedings when the same relief was being sought before the apex court on identical grounds.
"As of date we are asking, would it not be advisable that you people also go to the Supreme Court and make your submissions there. Because you all are seeking the same relief on the basis of the same material. Why should there be two hearings in the same matter, this is what we are asking.
"You all can be impleaded there and argue your case on the same material. Why keep it pending here," the bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain said.
During the hearing, prosecutor Rajat Nair, appearing for Delhi Police, noted that a petition by CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat seeking similar directions was dismissed by a magistrate and later by a single-judge bench of the high court. He pointed out that the order was now pending before the Supreme Court and that the relief sought in the current batch of petitions overlapped with that matter.
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