Overview
- Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain asked why petitioners seeking SIT probes and FIRs over alleged hate speeches cannot be impleaded in the Supreme Court matter based on the same material.
- The court cited judicial discipline in questioning parallel proceedings on identical facts and said separate orders in multiple PILs were undesirable.
- A consolidated batch was listed for December 11, with directions to place on record prior Section 156(3) applications, the magistrate’s order, the Delhi High Court ruling, and any Supreme Court orders.
- The bench noted that CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat’s bid for FIRs was dismissed by a magistrate and upheld by the High Court, with her appeal now pending before the Supreme Court.
- Petitioners, represented by Colin Gonsalves, pressed for an investigation independent of the Delhi Police, while other pleas seek an SIT led by a retired judge excluding Delhi Police and an NIA probe into alleged protest funding.