JNU case: SC to hear plea for SIT probe in court violence

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear a plea seeking an SIT probe into the incidents at Patiala House Courts on Thursday in which three lawyers were allegedly caught on camera “bragging and boasting” that they had beaten up Kanhaiya Kumar and others, including journalists.

The matter will be heard by a Bench of justices J Chelameswar and A M Sapre which will also hear the first petition filed after the arrest of Kanhaiya in which action was sought against Delhi Police for its alleged inaction in the court complex. The Bench agreed to hear the plea of advocate R P Luthra that the Apex Court should follow the Code of Criminal Procedure and should not give an impression that judicial hierarchy is being bypassed.