The supreme court today refused to quash the trial in 1975 murder case of the then Railway Minister L N Mishra.The Court said, proceedings cannot be terminated merely because they have not been concluded in the past 37 years.

A bench of justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad dismissed a plea who had pleaded that the trial be terminated as it had not been concluded in 37 years and was still going on.

On July 25, this year, the apex court had commenced hearing the petition filed for quashing of the trial in the case on the ground of extraordinary delay.
The CBI had opposed his plea and had said since the trial was at the stage of conclusion, it should be allowed to continue to its logical end.