New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office bearers on a petition seeking contempt of court action over an objectionable social media post against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, observing that the "independence of the judiciary" was not a matter of "political convenience".

The bench of justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M Pancholi said it would examine whether the deleted post, published by the party's official X account, amounted to contempt of court and issued notice on the petition filed by advocate Vineet Jindal, who sought suo motu contempt action over the post published by INC Keralam on October 12.

The bench said, "Only the Constitution is supreme....