SC registers contempt plea over KPCC's post
New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- The Supreme Court has registered a suo motu writ petition seeking contempt of court action against the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for a post against the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant.
Converting separate letters addressed by two lawyers Vineet Jindal and Sreejesh SR into a common petition on Friday, the registry of the Supreme Court has tentatively listed the matter on November 6.
Jindal wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) on October 13 citing a post on X by the KPCC that was subsequently deleted. The post published by INC Keralam which addressed the CJI as "Dear Surya Kant" stated, "If law and order is not your domain, resign now. We will find your replacement who can handle it."
The post was published on October 12 amid the hearing by the top court on a bunch of petitions seeking probe into excesses by the Delhi Police during the protests in the Capital. Following this post, the two bar associations of the Supreme Court - Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCOARA) had condemned the demand for CJI's resignation.
SCBA joint secretary Meneesh Dubey had issued a legal notice to KPCC president Sunny Joseph on October 16 seeking response on the said post.
Subsequently, on October 22, KPCC president responded to the legal notice by stating that the post was published by one Vijay Thottathil of the KPCC Media Cell "without the prior knowledge, approval or consultation of the KPCC leadership". Thottathil has since been removed from the position and he has been called upon to issue a public apology for the said publication, the response further stated....
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