New Delhi: A new bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday will hear the plea of social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband, who are seeking anticipatory bail in a case of alleged misappropriation of public funds.
According to reports, the new bench shall comprise of Justice Dipak Mishra and Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel.
Setalvad and her husband have been booked by the Crime Branch of Gujarat police on charges of cheating, breach of trust and under the IT Act, in a matter relating to the construction of Museum of Resistance in the Gulbarg society in Ahmedabad which was hit by communal riot in 2002.
An FIR had reportedly been lodged last year against Setalwad, her husband Javed Anand and Tanvir Jafri, son of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri (who was killed in the 2002 Gujarat riots), for allegedly embezzling funds meant for a museum for the victims of the incident.
The bench of Justice Mukhopadhaya and Justice Ramana had said during the last hearing that the allegations against Setalvad and Ahmed were “grave” and it was not even a case for quashing the FIR.