Fodder scam: Supreme Court to hear Lalu’s plea on Nov 29

Lalu had moved SC to appeal against rejection of his bail by the Patna High Court.

The Supreme Court on Monday fixed for November 29 the hearing of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s appeal against rejection of his bail by the Patna High Court.

The matter was mentioned before a bench led by Chief Justice P Sathasivam,who agreed to hear former Bihar chief minister’s appeal on November 29.

Senior advocate P H Parikh mentioned the matter,pleading for an urgency of getting it heard.

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Lalu,Mishra and 43 others were on September 30 convicted by the special CBI court Judge Pravas Kumar Singh in the fodder case involving fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.7 crore from Chaibasa Treasury during the Lalu-led RJD regime.

The CBI court had pronounced varying prison terms to the convicted on October 3.

Lalu and others have also moved the Jharkhand High Court against the verdict.

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