SC lawyer Dushyant Dave questions priority to Arnab Goswami

The Supreme Court will hold a special hearing on Wednesday during its Diwali recess to examine Republic TV managing director Arnab Goswami’s plea for bail, prompting senior advocate Dushyant Dave to ask how Goswami gets “instant” hearing every time he approaches the top court while other petitioners languish in jail for months as they wait for their appeals to be listed.

After his plea for interim bail was rejected on Monday by Bombay High Court, which said that by law Goswami should seek regular bail in the sessions court before approaching the higher courts, the Republic TV boss moved the top court on Tuesday.