Supreme Court Drama: A petitioner created a ruckus during the hearing in the Supreme Court. He allegedly made indecent remarks against the CJI and threw papers in the court room. Security personnel escorted him out, while the court declined to take contempt action.
An unusual situation arose in the Supreme Court on Friday when a petitioner disrupted the court proceedings during the hearing. He described himself as the “Sovereign”, called the judges “judicial servants” and allegedly threw papers in the courtroom along with making vulgar remarks against the Chief Justice of India (CJI). Security personnel immediately intervened and took him out of the court.
Suddenly increased commotion during the hearing
This incident took place at around 11 am on Friday morning in the presence of Justice K.V. Vishwanathan and Justice Alok Aradhe. Petitioner Prabhal Pratap himself appeared in the court and sought directions from the judges to register an FIR against an ASP of Lucknow.
When he expressed his views in the style of ordering the court, Justice K.V. Vishwanathan asked in surprise, “Are you ordering us?” After this, the petitioner allegedly used abusive language and threw papers in the court room, which affected the proceedings for some time.
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Security personnel pulled out, court did not take strict action
Immediately after the incident, the court security team took the petitioner out of the court room and kept him in the security office located on the premises for some time.
However, despite this behaviour, the Supreme Court bench did not initiate contempt or any other punitive action. While pronouncing the order, Justice Vishwanathan said that the court does not want to take any action in this matter. He also commented that the person in question appears to be “very distressed” and “depressed” and the court sympathizes with him.
In which case had the petitioners reached the Supreme Court?
Prabhal Pratap had challenged the order of Allahabad High Court in which his petition was rejected. The case pertains to the order of the Special Chief Judicial Magistrate (Customs) court of Lucknow, in which his complaint was treated as a private complaint instead of registering an FIR.
The High Court had said that alternative legal remedies were available to the petitioner. The Supreme Court also dismissed the Special Leave Petition (SLP) after studying the records, refusing to interfere in the High Court’s decision. In this way the legal dispute ended, but this incident that happened in the court room remained a topic of discussion throughout the day.
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