The Supreme Court on Wednesday saw moments of high drama as a woman lawyer was escorted out of the Chief Justice of India’s courtroom after she disrupted proceedings by persistently raising an unlisted case despite directions to stop by the bench.
The incident occurred when the lawyer made an out-of-list oral mention before the bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and N K Singh. She alleged that her friend was murdered in a Delhi guest house and claimed that the police officer who initially refused to register the FIR had now been appointed Investigating Officer.
When the CJI advised her to follow due process, the lawyer pleaded, “I am in depression, I will do that”, but refused to leave. The situation escalated as she resisted attempts by female court marshals to remove her, shouting, “Don’t misbehave, don’t touch me.”