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A Supreme Court judge was called a terrorist by a petitioner. On this, CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli expressed displeasure on Friday. He said that you will have to be sent to jail for a few days, then you will realise. The Court has ordered the Registry to issue a show cause notice to the petitioner.
As per reports, the petitioner wanted an early hearing in a pending matter. For this, he had filed a petition in the court, in which the petitioner had called the Supreme Court judge a terrorist. Criticizing this, the bench of DY Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli said that you cannot make such allegations against the judge of the court.
The petitioner apologized to the court
The Supreme Court started hearing the case. The lawyer appearing for the petitioner said that I will start your defense in the court only when you apologize for your mistake. On this, the petitioner apologized to the court for calling the judge a terrorist. He said that I had filed the petition at the time of Corona epidemic, then I was very upset.
We cannot hear the application prematurely: SC
On this, the bench said that your apology is not enough, your attitude is insulting to the court. We will send you a show cause notice as to why criminal contempt proceedings should not be initiated against you. The court also said that we cannot hear your application ahead of time, the petition should be considered dismissed. Also, the court has given 3 weeks time to file an affidavit regarding the conduct of the petitioner.
The question and answer between the judge and the petitioner in the court…
CJI- When did you file the application for early hearing? Petitioner – First time in March 2021 and second time in July 2021. Justice Hima Kohli- You had written similar things in the first petition as well? Petitioner – Yes. Justice Hima Kohli – Well done.
Court issued show cause notice
The bench rejected the petitioner’s application for early hearing. Also issued a show cause notice. The court also said that the petitioner’s application will also be rejected.