Home Minister P Chidambaram today expressed happiness over the Supreme Court decision to grant bail to rights activist Binayak Sen, who had been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for sedition by a Chhattisgarh court. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Mr. Chidambaram said, he always believed that if one is not satisfied with a lower court order, one can get reprieve by approaching a higher court.Home Minister P Chidambaram today expressed happiness over the Supreme Court decision to grant bail to rights activist Binayak Sen, who had been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for sedition by a Chhattisgarh court. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Mr. Chidambaram said, he always believed that if one is not satisfied with a lower court order, one can get reprieve by approaching a higher court.Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh today said that his government respects the Supreme Court's decision of granting bail to activist Binayak Sen, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for sedition by Chhattisgarh High Court.Singh said, Supreme Court has only granted him the bail and the pending legal process will continue in High Court at Bilaspur.
News On AIR | April 15, 2011 5:19 PM
Right activist Binayak Sen gets bail