India, April 6 -- The Supreme Court of India on Monday agreed to hear the Special Leave Petition filed by former Janata Congress MLA Amit Jogi on 20th April, 2026 challenging his conviction and life sentence in the 2003 murder of NCP leader Ramavatar Jaggi, with the defence led by senior advocates Kapil Sibal, Mukul Rohatgi, Vivek Tankha and Siddharth Dave.

In his petition before the apex court, Jogi, whose father late Ajit Jogi was the first CM of Chhattisgarh , has argued that he was not given a fair opportunity to defend himself, claiming he was provided around 11,000 pages of case documents shortly before the hearing and given limited time to respond.

The development follows the 3rd April judgment of the Chhattisgarh High Court, whi...