SC annoyed with advocate in Unnao rape case

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, Apr 20, 2018, 10:51 PM

SC annoyed with advocate in Unnao rape case

New Delhi, April 20: The Supreme Court on Friday asked an advocate, who alleged that FIRs were not registered by police in rape cases which involve powerful politicians, if he had "any relative who was raped".

Expressing their annoyance, a bench of Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice L. Nageswara Rao said: "You have nothing to do with these rapes. How are you related to these rapes? Don't be generic. Is any relative of a victim of rape before us for remedy? Do you have any relative who was raped? Then why are you here?"

Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma had filed plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the Unnao gangrape case allegedly involving a Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh, and kept pressing the issue despite Allahabad High Court dealing with the issue.

The apex court said Allahabad High Court had already passed some directions on the issue, also advocate was not the aggrieved person in the case and questioned his locus standi in the Unnao rape case.

During the hearing, the bench said if Sharma wants he may move the High Court which has the jurisdiction of the case in case, but it can not entertain his plea.