The apex court, in turn, may take two to three months to decide on the appeal, Sodhi said, adding it be would nearly a year before the case completes its scrutiny by the higher judiciary and attains finality.
While hearing the matter, "nobody wants to be unfair to them and rush through the proceedings without giving them ample an opportunity (to present their point of view)," and the mandate of law has to be respected, he maintained.
Jaspal Singh, another senior apex court counsel and former Delhi High Court judge, told IANS: "My reading is that the high court will take it out of turn. So will the Supreme Court, keeping in view the public opinion... otherwise it takes years."
Notwithstanding public opinion, Jaspal Singh, outlining the procedure, agreed with Rai and Sodhi, saying it "will take around one year" till the case is decided one way or the other by the two courts of appeal.
