A hearing was held today in the case of sloganeering and alleged uproar when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other leaders of the opposition alliance reached the Supreme Court complex. The Supreme Court reprimanded Rahul Gandhi in this matter. Notice has also been issued. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said, “No one can threaten the judiciary,” referring to Rahul Gandhi’s Supreme Court march.
The Supreme Court today heard petitions filed by Rahul Gandhi and other India Bloc leaders questioning the functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI) over decisions related to SIR.
Lawyer hurt by what happened in court premises
The court made brief remarks after the issue of protests in the Supreme Court was raised by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior lawyer Gaurav Bhatia. Senior lawyer Gaurav Bhatia said that the lawyers are hurt by what happened in the court premises and 200 lawyers have written a letter to the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). He alleged that an attempt was made to threaten the court. On this the CJI bluntly said that no one can threaten the court. He said that people say anything outside, but their language changes after coming to the court.
These are weak efforts which no one pays attention to – CJI
On Bhatia’s claim that the opposition’s protests and the Supreme Court march were an attempt to put pressure on the court. On this the Chief Justice described these efforts as weak. The CJI said, “These are weak efforts to which no one pays attention. They give statements outside. We are not sitting in some isolated place, we are also aware of things.” During the hearing, the Supreme Court also directed that the CCTV footage installed in the court premises during the India Block protests should be kept safe.
On October 12, the opposition took out a march to the Supreme Court
Opposition parties had taken out a march to the Supreme Court, it is known that on October 12 (Monday) Leaders of opposition parties, led by Rahul Gandhi, had marched to the Supreme Court on issues related to the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list. During this period, many opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi had filed petitions against SIR and Gyanesh Kumar. During this time a large number of people had gathered in the court premises. Slogans were raised inside the court premises itself.
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