Delhi HC defers hearing on Navlakha’s plea


New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned to September 14 the hearing on a habeas corpus plea filed with regard to rights activist-journalist Gautam Navlakha.

A bench of Justices S. Muralidhar and Vinod Goel deferred the hearing after observing that the Supreme Court had on Wednesday stayed the transit remand and ordered for the house arrest till September 6 of Navlakha and four other rights activists arrested on Tuesday, reports IANS.

The habeas corpus petition was filed by Navlakha’s counsel Nitya Ramakrishnan and Warisha Farasat.