India, May 15 -- The Supreme Court on Friday set aside a Delhi High Court order that had suspended the life sentence of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case and directed the High Court to hear the matter afresh.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi also instructed the High Court to make efforts to decide Sengar's main appeal against his conviction and life imprisonment within two months.

The apex court further observed that if the High Court is unable to dispose of the main appeal within the stipulated period, it should decide Sengar's plea seeking suspension of sentence before the commencement of the court's summer vacation.

The bench clarified that it was not expr...