India, Oct. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Friday issued a contempt notice to Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut and journalist Nikhil Wagle for allegedly scandalous and derogatory social media posts against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant.

"Issue notice as to why contempt of court proceedings should not be issued against them," said a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi. The bench posted the matter for hearing after two weeks. It exempted Raut and Wagle from personal presence, observing that it hopes better sense prevails.

The bench called Raut and Wagle's comments made very unfortunate. It observed that they do not understand they are being tracked. "Each one of them has come to this court and sought remedies, and ...