New Delhi: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday urged Supreme Court to grant more time to surrender citing medical conditions.
Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Sidhu, mentioned the plea before a bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar.Senior Advocate Singhvi said that Sidhu will surrender but he wants a few weeks to settle his medical health issues. Therefore he sought more time to surrender.
1988 road rage case | Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu's lawyer senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi seeks a week's time for his client to surrender citing some "medical conditions". SC asks Singhvi to move a proper application and mention it before CJI bench#NavjotSinghSidhu
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The Court asked him to move a formal application and mention it before the Chief Justice of India's court. The Court also said that it will see.The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed review application on the issue of sentence against Navjot Singh Sidhu in a three-decade-old road rage case and imposed one-year rigorous imprisonment on him.
The case has gone through Session Court, High court and Supreme Court.Earlier, Sidhu was acquitted in connection with the culpable homicide charges but was convicted of the offence of voluntarily causing hurt.
