A hearing took place on 6 March, under Justice Pratibha Singh. Liang was represented by Advocate Varsha Sharma (who I think is the junior of NLSIU alum Jawahar Raja, the Senior Advocate representing Liang).
AUD was represented by AOR Mohinder J.S.Rupal (formerly a partner at Gagrat & Co) and his son Hardik Rupal. The survivor was represented by AOR Goutham Shivshankar, a young counsel and NUJS alum.
The court passed this order: "This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. List on 6th September, 2023."
Thus, 10 hearings in 6 years so far, none of which involved substantive arguments. Is this fair to the survivor?
Update: A hearing took place, as scheduled, on 24 April 2024. Liang was represented by NLSIU alum and Senior Advocate Jawahar Raja, AUD through Manika Tripathy and the survivor through NUJS alum Goutham Shivshankar. The judge (Justice Subramaniam Prasad) gave 3 weeks to AUD to file a reply and asked for rejoinders to the reply to be filed before the next hearing. The just listed 24 July as the next date of hearing.
Current status: 6 years, 14 hearings, still no hearing on substantive arguments by counsels. But at least some progress, so a decision by 2030 is possible, perhaps even earlier. Interesting that the survivor is not giving up but continuing to fight.
AUD was represented by AOR Mohinder J.S.Rupal (formerly a partner at Gagrat & Co) and his son Hardik Rupal. The survivor was represented by AOR Goutham Shivshankar, a young counsel and NUJS alum.
The court passed this order: "This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. List on 6th September, 2023."
Thus, 10 hearings in 6 years so far, none of which involved substantive arguments. Is this fair to the survivor?
http://164.100.60.183/writereaddata/OrderSAN_PDF/pms/2023/1678193415375_73056_2023.pdf
Current status: 6 years, 14 hearings, still no hearing on substantive arguments by counsels. But at least some progress, so a decision by 2030 is possible, perhaps even earlier. Interesting that the survivor is not giving up but continuing to fight.