Supreme Court To Hear Advocate Vikram Singh’s Challenge To Haryana STF Arrest On Wednesday

Overview

• Chief Justice B R Gavai said the court will take up the Article 32 plea on Wednesday after an urgent mention supported by senior advocate Vikas Singh.
• Vikram Singh was arrested by the Gurugram STF on October 31 and sent to 14 days’ judicial custody by a Faridabad court on November 1, and he remains jailed in Faridabad.
• The petition seeks immediate release, quashing of proceedings linked to a Sector-8 Faridabad murder FIR under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC and Section 25 of the Arms Act, and a judicial probe into the STF.
• Singh alleges he was detained after responding to a Section 41A notice, without written grounds or independent witnesses, and that the remand order was mechanical and unreasoned.
• The plea cites his representation of clients said to be connected to Kapil Sangwan and complaints of custodial assault on client Jyoti Prakash, while Delhi district bar associations staged a November 6 work abstention in protest.