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The inclusion of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is being viewed as politically significant as it comes nearly three months after his acquittal in a sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers.

The appeal filed by the wrestlers claimed that the magisterial court order acquitting Singh was "erroneous and unsustainable in law".

On August 3, the magisterial court acquitted Singh, who was also a former BJP MP, in the case filed by six women wrestlers, including World Championships medallist Vinesh Phogat, citing lack of eviden ...

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Ashwini Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Courts pronounced the acquittal order after hearing arguments

The court on May 21 framed the charges of sexual harassment and using force to outrage women's modesty against Singh.