India, July 31 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the response of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on an appeal filed by the Chandigarh administration for reviving criminal proceedings against him in a 2020 violent protest case.

Issuing notice to Mann and others who are named as accused in the case, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said, "We will issue notice. This requires examining."

The Chandigarh administration had challenged the November 29, 2025 order of the Punjab and Haryana high court exonerating Mann and others as it observed that the charges of unlawful assembly and rioting was not made out against them.

Additional solicitor general (ASG) SV Raju appearing for the UT administration told the c...