New Delhi April 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will hear the Centre s plea for the recall of its judgement holding that arrest on a complaint under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was not mandatory.
The order comes as the Centre sought a temporary stay of the March 20 ruling.
Directing the listing of the matter at 2 p.m. before a bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the hearing will be in open court.
The Chief Justice s order came after Attorney General K.K. Venugopal mentioned the matter seeking the constitution of a bench comprising Justices Goel and Lalit which had pronounced the March 20 judgement.
Venugopal first mentioned the matter earlier on Tuesday before a bench of Justice Goel and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman.
Justice Goel said that they would hear the review petition in the open court at 2 p.m. provided the Chief Justice constitutes the bench.
--IANS
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