New Delhi: Two days after lawyers roughed up journalists and students at the Patiala House Court, the Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear a plea seeking action against those involved in the attack. Journalists, JNU students and teachers in the Patiala House court complex were thrashed at a time when student union leader arrested on sedition charges - Kanhaiya Kumar - was to be produced.
The petition seeking urgent hearing of the matter was filed by ND Jaiprakash, an alumnus of JNU, who was hurt in the violence on Monday. He sought action against the people involved in the violence and over "inaction" on the part of Delhi Police.
The petition, which was mentioned before a bench headed by Chief JTS Thakur by senior advocate Indira Jaising, also demanded that the security measures in the court complex should be such that no person becomes victim of violence.
The petition said the violence witnessed in the court not only endangered the life of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested in a case of sedition, but also prevented journalists from carrying out their work of reporting court proceedings.
It also sought a direction to Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Delhi Police to take all preventive action so that no such violence takes place either inside the court room or within the court complex as such type of activities in the court complex put the life of the accused in peril.
Meanwhile, Kanhaiya's police custody is ending on Wednesday. He will be produced in court later in the day.
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