New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Akhilesh Yadav and others on a plea against their march to the top court on October 12 for filing a petition over alleged SIR irregularities.

"Nobody can browbeat the judiciary," said a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi said as petitioners said such conduct amounted to "browbeating" of judiciary.

The petitioners informed the bench that 200 lawyers had signed a memorandum expressing concern over attempts to intimidate the judiciary.

"We are not sitting in ivory towers. We know what statements they make outside and what they say in Court. We know everything," ...