India
Supreme Court bench of Justices P Sathasivam and AK Patnaik recused from hearing the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi in 2G scam case.
Updated : Jun 17, 2011, 07:39 PM IST
Two judges of the Supreme Court, who were scheduled to hear on Monday the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi, an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, today recused themselves from the hearing.
Instead, Justice GS Singhvi, whose bench has been monitoring the case, will hold a special hearing on Monday along with Justice BS Chauhan to decide the bail applications of Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV Managing Director Sharad Kumar.
According to informed sources, Justices P Sathasivam and A K Patnaik conveyed their decision to recuse to Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia, following which he constituted another bench with Justice Singhvi.