Supreme Court Affirms Stay on Gangster Arun Gawli’s Release

the Supreme Court on Wednesday “confirmed” its earlier order staying the premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli who is serving life imprisonment in a murder case.

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Supreme Court Sets Hearing Date for Gawli’s Petition

Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta made absolute its June 3 order staying the operation of the April 5 order of the Bombay High Court’s Nagpur bench and posted the appeals for hearing on November 20.The high court had directed state authorities to consider Gawli’s application for premature release under the 2006 remission policy.

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Supreme Court Bench said

“We are not inclined to grant any interim relief. The interim stay granted by us is confirmed. Post the appeals for hearing on November 20,” the bench said. At the outset, senior advocate Raja Thakare, appearing for the Maharashtra government, submitted that Gawli has over 46 cases, including around 10 cases of murder, against him. The top court asked the senior lawyer whether Gawli had done anything in last five to eight years.

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Senior advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, appearing for Gawli, “The state government has changed its remission policy (in 2015) but your lordships have held that the policy will apply which was applicable when he was convicted. The 2006 policy will apply since he was convicted in 2009. This policy allows remission on account of age and infirmity,” she said.