<p>“I got a letter. It says how can I hear the case as I was a member of People's Union of Civil Liberty (PUCL),” Justice Reddy said while reading out the letter in the open court.<br />He said he was a member of PUCL in 1975-77 and the NGO has also filed an impleadment application in the case.<br /><br />Advocate Atul Jha, appearing for Chhattisgarh government, said the application had been dismissed earlier and insisted that the judge should not rescuse himself from the case.<br />The court was hearing a PIL filed by sociologist Nandini Sundar, historian Ramchandra Guha, former bureaucrat E A S Sarma and others seeking a direction to the state government to refrain from allegedly supporting Salwa Judum.<br /><br />On the insistence of all parties concerned, Justice Reddy agreed to hear the case.</p>
<p>“I got a letter. It says how can I hear the case as I was a member of People's Union of Civil Liberty (PUCL),” Justice Reddy said while reading out the letter in the open court.<br />He said he was a member of PUCL in 1975-77 and the NGO has also filed an impleadment application in the case.<br /><br />Advocate Atul Jha, appearing for Chhattisgarh government, said the application had been dismissed earlier and insisted that the judge should not rescuse himself from the case.<br />The court was hearing a PIL filed by sociologist Nandini Sundar, historian Ramchandra Guha, former bureaucrat E A S Sarma and others seeking a direction to the state government to refrain from allegedly supporting Salwa Judum.<br /><br />On the insistence of all parties concerned, Justice Reddy agreed to hear the case.</p>
