Ex-CM’s Plea to Halt Manesar Land Scam Trial Rejected; Court Says Stay Granted to Co-Accused Not a Ground to Stall Proceedings: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has rejected a plea filed by former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda seeking to stay the trial proceedings in the Manesar land scam case, observing that the stay granted by the Supreme Court to some co-accused cannot be used as a ground to stall the proceedings against him. Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya, while dismissing the petition, ruled that the trial can proceed independently against…