New Delhi, July 22 -- The Supreme Court on Monday raised concern over the growing trend of political narratives seeping into the courtroom, warning governments and other litigants against converting it into a political battleground. In two distinct but telling interventions, Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, heading benches in both cases, underscored that political controversies must be contested in the electoral arena, not before constitutional courts. During a hearing on Monday, the CJI's bench, also comprising justice K Vinod Chandran, cautioned against politicisation while hearing a petition seeking criminal contempt proceedings against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for her public remarks criticising the top court's verdict that had invalidated thousands of teachers' appointments in the state. The plea, filed by Aatmdeep, a charitable trust based in North 24-Parganas, alleged that Banerjee's statements amounted to defiance of the Supreme Court's April ruling that upheld the Calcutta high court's cancellation of around 25,000 tainted appointments made through the West Bengal School Service Commission in 2016. The petitioner argued that such statements, coming from a sitting CM amounted to a willful attempt to erode public confidence in the judiciary and scandalise the court's authority....