Why are you interrupting the trial?: Gujarat High Court pulls up state over change of SPP in 2019 ‘custodial death’ case

The Gujarat High Court on Friday pulled up the State government over its decision to repeatedly replace the Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) in the high-profile Vadodara custodial death case of Telangana migrant worker Shaikh Babu Nisar, observing that the government’s own actions appeared to be delaying a trial that both the High Court and the Supreme Court had repeatedly directed to be concluded expeditiously.After hearing detailed submissions from the State as well as the victim’s family, Justice M K Thakker deferred the matter till Tuesday to enable the government to take a final call on continuing Bharuch-based advocate S I Ghariya as the Special Public Prosecutor.During the hearing on Friday, the court orally questioned the State’s justification for replacing Ghariya, who has been con