Overview

• A bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice N V Anjaria issued the August 25 order, directing release on bail to the satisfaction of the trial court and if not wanted in any other case.
• The Supreme Court reproached the Allahabad High Court for listing the bail plea 43 times without a decision in a matter concerning personal liberty.
• The court noted Mishra had been in custody for more than three-and-a-half years, including time in a connected case, and treated the duration as a key factor for relief.
• Additional Solicitor General S D Sanjay, representing the CBI, objected that intervention would set a wrong precedent, an argument the bench declined to accept.
• The bench cited its May 22 order granting bail to a co-accused after 27 adjournments as evidence of a recurring problem with delay.