Overview
- Justice Amit Mahajan stepped aside via an October 30 order, noting the apprehension while terming the objection meritless and directing reassignment in the interest of justice.
- The reassigned hearings concern revision pleas seeking enhancement of sentence for Sushil and Gopal Ansal and others convicted of tampering with evidence and conspiracy.
- Senior counsel for the petitioners opposed the change of bench, saying arguments had already begun on October 29.
- A magistrate in November 2021 sentenced the Ansal brothers to seven years and hefty fines, but a sessions court in July 2022 upheld the convictions and cut the jail term to time served, ordering release.
- The Delhi Police and the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy have challenged the 2022 reduction, while the Ansal brothers have also filed appeals, with all matters now before the High Court.