On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a petition by a woman lawyer seeking a CBI probe in the daylight murder of Uttar Pradesh's first woman Bar Council President, Darwesh Yadav, in Agra. A vacation bench of the Delhi court comprising of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B.R. Gavai observed that the petition should be filed before the High Court.

#SupremeCourt on June 25 declined to hear a petition by a woman lawyer seeking a #CBI probe in the daylight murder #UP's first woman Bar Council President in #Agra.

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On June 12, 2019, Darwesh Yadav, the first woman President of the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council was shot dead in Agra Civil courts allegedly by her own colleague Manish Sharma, the police said. Sharma pumped three bullets at Darwesh and later shot himself.