SC to examine sting op by TVs against lawyers
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a petition from advocate Prashant Bhushan bringing to its notice a sting operation conducted by two TV channels against certain lawyers justifying the assault on JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar.
A bench of Justices J. Chelameswar and A.M. Sapre asked Mr Bhushan to file a proper petition when he mentioned about the sting operation and sought action against the lawyers concerned, who had said they had beat Kumar for three hours in police custody in the presence of the police.
When Justice Chelameswar wanted to know whether any police complaint had been registered in this regard or on the alleged custodial violence against Kumar, Bhushan said no such complaint has been filed so far.
He submitted that something more serious has happened. Aaj Tak TV and India TV conducted a sting operation of three lawyers who had beaten up Kumar and indulged in violence on February 15 and 17 at the Patiala courts. In the operation, the lawyers claimed they beat up Kumar for three hours in police custody and the police did not intervene. He said in the sting operation, the police on duty also stated that if they were not in uniform at that time even they would have beaten up Kumar.
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Highlighting the point that JNU students union leader Kanhaiya Kumar was beaten up by three lawyers, advocate Prashant Bhushan said, “Lawyers were seen boasting and bragging about their action. Time has come to take suo motu action of contempt proceedings against the three lawyers.”
“If it is same with the case of Kanhaiya also, that he was beaten up and assuming so that he was beaten up in police lock-up, people may brag,” Justice Chelameshwar observed.
Meanwhile, the bench directed that the face of the registrar-general of the Delhi HC should be “masked” before the video clippings were released to the media.