A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the Patiala House Court complex violence on February 15 and 17 and to initiate contempt of Supreme Court action against three lawyers shown in a TV sting bragging about bashing up JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and others.
The petition was filed by senior advocate Kamini Jaiswal through advocate Prashant Bhushan and has arraigned the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Delhi police and the three lawyers who allegedly instigated the mob into violence against Kumar, his defence lawyers, journalists, JNU staffers and students who were present in court on those two days.
A Bench of Justices J. Chelameswar and A.M. Sapre had on Tuesday agreed to consider such a plea after Mr. Bhushan informed the court about the TV sting and what the lawyers were allegedly saying on camera.
The plea has sought “ suo motu contempt proceedings” against lawyers Vikram Singh Chauhan, Yashpal Singh and Om Sharma.
