5th Top Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Activist's Plea In Elgar Case

Justice S Ravindra Bhat today became the fifth Supreme Court judge to recuse himself from hearing a plea filed by civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha, who has challenged the Bombay High Court order refusing to quash an FIR lodged against him in the Koregaon-Bhima violence case.

On September 30, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had recused himself from hearing Gautam Navlakha's plea. A day later, on October 1, the three judges of a bench - justices NV Ramana, R Subhash Reddy and BR Gavai - had also recused themselves from hearing the matter.

When the matter came up for hearing on Thursday before a bench comprising justices Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran and S Ravindra Bhat, Justice Bhat recused himself from hearing the case.