STORY: "Aarushi-Hemraj murder case: Talwars’ lawyer had filed contempt plea against CBI court judge," published by The India Express on 16 October, 2017.
GIST: "The
trial court judge holding the trial against Rajesh and Nupur Talwar —
charged with killing their daughter Aarushi and domestic servant Hemraj —
was biased against the defendants, so their lawyer Satyaketu Singh had
filed a contempt petition against him for a “prejudiced judgement”, said
Singh on Monday. Singh, who contested Talwars’ case in the Ghaziabad CBI court, said
the judge had rejected all their pleas to look into various crucial
evidences submitted on behalf of the accused couple, to deliver his
“prejudiced judgement” before his retirement. “Therefore, I served a contempt notice on him after he pronounced the judgement,” the lawyer said. “I had even advised the Talwars to file a transfer application before
the High Court (given the bias of the judge), but their Delhi-based
lawyers had opposed the idea and apprehended that this would draw the
wrath of the judge,” added Singh. “Then I served a contempt notice on trial judge Shyam Lal Yadav after
pronouncement of judgement, whom he refused to accept the notice, so it
returned undelivered,” he said. The contempt notice — served on November 29, 2013 — stated that “when
I studied the judgement, I found that the arguments and evidences
submitted by me during the trial were ignored to deliver the prejudiced
and illegal judgement… so this act of yours comes under the category of
contempt of court”. Singh said he had reconstructed the act of hitting by golf stick
inside the court — a charge against the Talwars — that showed that it
was not possible to hit with a golf stick inside the room. “I further argued that the nature of injury on Aarushi’s head was not
similar to that of a golf stick-created injury. I further raised
questions on (the charge of) carrying Hemraj’s body to the rooftop and
reconstructed the scene, but it could not be possible during
reconstruction. But you deliberately ignored (all),” the petition read. “I further submitted the ruling of the High Court that related to
four cases, but you ignored with prejudiced notion. You ignored all my
arguments which the High Court has considered as ‘substantial evidence’
to make them free from guilt. So, these acts of yours not only ignorants
(sic) but prejudiced hence comes under corrupt practice. “So, before proceeding for a criminal proceeding against you, I,
through this notice, give a week’s time to tender public apology and
regret the act sincerely,” the contempt petition stated."
The entire story can be found at:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/aarushi-hemraj-murder-case-talwars-lawyer-had-filed-contempt-plea-against-cbi-court-judge/
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/c
