The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Ashish Mishra — the 2021 Lakhimpur violence case accused and son of former Union Minister Ajay Mishra — to travel to his hometown on October 20 to celebrate Diwali with his family.

A Bench led by Justice Surya Kant, however, said the earlier condition that political workers or the public shall not be associated with such celebrations in any capacity will remain in force.

The order came after senior advocate Siddharth Dave sought on behalf of Ashish Mishra the court’s permission to travel to Lakhimpur for Diwali for two days till October 22.

The permission was needed as the top court had earlier directed the accused to stay out of Lakhimpur till the pendency of the trial.

On behalf of victims, advocate Prashant Bhushan urged the Bench to expedite th

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