The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred hearing a petition seeking a review of its 15 May 2018 order that absolved the Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu with a 1000 rupees fine in a 1988 road rage case in which a resident of Patiala Gurnam Singh has died. The court will hear the petition on February 25 now.
A special bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul adjourned the hearing on a request made by
senior advocate P Chidambaram on behalf of Sidhu. The counsel claimed the review petitions were listed for hearing unexpectedly. He also said a new advocate-on-record has been engaged and he was informed about the hearing late last night only.
Punjab is set for Assembly polls on February 20 and Mr Sidhu is contesting polls from Amritsar East and is contender to be CM face of the party.