The Supreme Court on Wednesday had refused urgent hearing on the petition in which the issue of Delhi Police’s action against the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protesters was raised. CJI Surya Kant said that on the petition of a lawyer, do not waste your time and do not waste our time also. His comment also went viral on social media. He has now given clarification on this. CJI said on Friday, media wrongly reported that I refused to list the case. It was just a representation and people started reporting it without thinking.
Expressing displeasure, the CJI said that someone named Mishra had mentioned this. The media wrongly reported that I refused to list the case. It was just a representation and people started reporting it without thinking. I checked with the registry and no papers were filed.
What did the CJI say?
In fact, the case of lathi charge during CJP’s demonstration in Delhi was mentioned in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. While hearing the case, Chief Justice Surya Kant said, we have no interest in this case. Advocate Narendra Mishra said that this matter is related to the students of NEET paper leak. However, CJI Surya Kant did not hear the case. CGI even refused to watch the video of lathi charge. He told lawyer Narendra Mishra that we do not have time.
CJI Surya Kant told lawyer Narendra Mishra not to waste our and your time. Advocate Mishra said that students are raising important issues like proper conduct of NEET exam and reforms in NTA. Interrupting the lawyer, the CJI said, “Thank you very much.” When the lawyer told that there were videos showing the excesses of the police, the CJI said that we are not interested in the videos, we do not have time to watch them.
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