CJI to look into Moitra's plea to expedite hearing

Trinamool Congress member of Parliament Mahua Moitra made hectic attempts in the Supreme Court on Wednesday to get a hearing date on her petition challenging her expulsion from the Lok Sabha even as the Chief Justice of India CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud assured the petitioner that the court would look into the request for urgent listing.

- Abraham Thomas

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi who appeared for the MP mentioned the matter before a bench headed by the CJI a little later than noon and said that despite a letter written to the court registry on Monday, the matter had not shown up on the list. Earlier in the day, when the CJI was sitting in a Constitution bench, Singhvi approached the court of justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul with the same request but was asked to mention the matter to the CJI. To be sure, mentioning of matters is not permitted before constituti