SC stays former Chhattisgarh lawmaker Amit Jogi’s conviction in 2003 murder case

The Supreme Court has stayed the Chhattisgarh high court order convicting former lawmaker Amit Jogi in the 2003 murder of a political opponent, questioning how he could be sentenced without being heard. The court has issued a notice on Ajit Jogi's appeal against the high court order and has stayed the effect and operation of the judgment. Amit Jogi was supposed to surrender as per the high court's order sentencing him to life imprisonment.