The Supreme Court on Friday, 11 March, listed a plea challenging the grant of bail to Ashish Mishra, the prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, for hearing on 15 March.
The matter was originally listed for this Friday, as pointed out by Advocate Prashant Bhushan in his address to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana-led bench. Bhushan also said:
“Last night there was an attack on one of the prime witnesses of the case.”