Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Supreme Court Issues Notice on Plea Against Ram Rahim Acquittal
In 2002, a journalist named Ram Chander Chhatrapati was killed.
A man named Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the leader of a big group called Dera Sacha Sauda, was accused in the murder case.
A court in Punjab and Haryana later decided that Ram Rahim was not guilty.
The court let him go free, which is called an acquittal.
The journalist's son, Aridaman Chhatrapati, believed this decision was wrong.
He asked the Supreme Court of India, the country's highest court, to look at the case again.
The Supreme Court agreed to take up the matter and issued a notice about the plea.
Now the top court will hear arguments about the case.
This is how the family is trying to get another chance at justice.
The Supreme Court issued notice on a plea challenging the acquittal of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
The plea was filed by Aridaman Chhatrapati, son of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.
The case relates to the 2002 murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court had acquitted Ram Rahim in the murder case.
The Supreme Court has formally taken up the plea challenging the High Court judgment.
- Who
- Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, chief of Dera Sacha Sauda, was acquitted; Aridaman Chhatrapati, son of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati, filed the plea; the Supreme Court issued the notice.
- What
- The Supreme Court issued notice on a plea challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court's acquittal of Ram Rahim in the 2002 murder case of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.
- When
- The murder took place in 2002; the article does not specify the dates of the High Court judgment or the Supreme Court notice.
- Where
- India — the case moved from the Punjab and Haryana High Court to the Supreme Court.
- Why
- The victim's son challenged the acquittal, seeking reconsideration of the High Court's decision in his father's murder case.
- Event
- Supreme Court notice on plea against acquittal in journalist murder case
- Victim
- Ram Chander Chhatrapati, journalist
- Accused Acquitted
- Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, chief of Dera Sacha Sauda
- Petitioner
- Aridaman Chhatrapati, son of the victim
- Judgment Challenged
- Punjab and Haryana High Court acquittal
- Current Action
- Supreme Court issued notice on the plea
- Year of Crime
- 2002