New Delhi. The Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of police lathicharge and firing of tear gasoline shells on college students through the demonstration at Jantar Mantar and the Parliament march on Monday, July 20. The Supreme Court not solely refused to hear, but additionally mentioned that the court docket doesn’t have time to watch such movies. The court docket additionally instructed the lawyer who filed the petition that he was losing his time.
In truth, on Wednesday, a lawyer had filed a PIL earlier than a 3-decide bench headed by the Chief Justice. On this, Chief Justice Surya Kant mentioned, ‘We have no real interest in watching the video. We haven’t got time to see them’. When the lawyer requested for the second time to see the video of the assault on the scholars, the Chief Justice mentioned, ‘Don’t waste our time and yours’.
It is noteworthy that through the listening to of a case on May 15, the Chief Justice had mentioned, ‘Some unemployed youth are like cockroaches, who later begin attacking the system by turning into media, social media or RTI activists’. It was solely after this remark that Abhijeet Deepke created an account on Instagram with the title Cockroach Janata Party. The identical cockroach Janata Party had marched in the direction of Parliament on 20 July. During this time, 1000’s of protesters had moved in the direction of the Parliament, to cease them the police resorted to lathicharge.
On Tuesday, an identical case had additionally reached the Delhi High Court. Then the Delhi High Court had additionally refused to hear an identical petition instantly. The court docket had mentioned that the court docket shouldn’t be dragged into this. On the opposite hand, the Supreme Court Bar Association has demanded an investigation into the lathicharge. The affiliation has mentioned that many college students have been critically injured on this motion. There needs to be a immediate, neutral and well timed investigation into this incident. Those accountable needs to be recognized and applicable motion needs to be taken in opposition to them.