The Gujarat High Court on Friday issued notices to the respondents, including accused of the Sabarmati Express carnage, in a case seeking quashing of the recommendations made by the Central POTA Review Committee. A Division Bench comprising justices D A Mehta and Mrs Abhilasha Kumari issued the notices, which are returnable on November 13. This comes a day after a bench comprising justices Rekhaben Doshit and K M Thakkar declined to hear the case with the latter saying “not before me” and directed that it be referred to another bench.Friday’s order came on a petition filed by Sardar Maganji Vaghela, a relative of one of the victims of the train tragedy. Vaghela has contended that the report of the POTA review committee is not consistent with the evidences collected by the investigating agencies, so its findings should not be made binding on the court and the investing agencies.The report had stated that the provisions of POTA were not applicable on the accused and they should be tried under provisions of the Indian Penal Code.
