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Bombay High Court questions reopening of Arnab Goswami case
The Bombay High Court on Friday questioned the Maharashtra government’s power to reopen a closed case against Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. Justice Milind Jadhav said legal proceedings should not become a…
The Story in Brief
The Bombay High Court on Friday questioned the Maharashtra government’s power to reopen a closed case against Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. Justice Milind Jadhav said legal proceedings should not become a “proxy kind of war” and asked when the State can reopen an investigation. The court noted that a closure report had been filed before the case was reopened in 2020. Goswami’s lawyer alleged political vendetta by the then Maha Vikas Aghadi government, while the prosecution placed the reopening before the court. The plea concerns a 2018 FIR alleging abetment of suicide by interior designer Anvay Naik. The matter is likely to be heard next on September 4.
The Indian Opinion
The loudest narratives cast this as either proof of political persecution or proof that Goswami escaped accountability. Neither claim follows from Friday’s hearing. The court is examining a narrower issue: whether the State could lawfully revive a case after an accepted closure report. That question matters beyond one television editor, since investigative powers must not depend on who controls the government. The next hearing should turn on the reopening order, its legal basis and the reasons recorded at the time.
Source: barandbench.com
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