Speaking after the verdict, Sibal said the court had dismissed the CBI case against Kejriwal, Sisodia and around 20–22 other accused, including K. Kavitha, and discharged all of them.
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the state government, raised the issue through an urgent mentioning.
The top court initiated proceedings after senior lawyers objected to a revised NCERT chapter that discusses corruption, pendency, and accountability mechanisms within the judicial system.
A Bench comprising Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar Singh made the observation during the hearing of the CBI’s appeal against a Jharkhand High Court order that had suspended Yadav’s sentence and granted him bail in connection with fraudulent withdrawals from the Deoghar treasury.
At the SCBA event, a poem written by Vijayalakshmi Venkataramani for the wife of Chief Justice Gavai was also read aloud, prompting the CJI to remark that the couple (AG & his wife) were “made for each other”.
On Saturday, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) in a statement lashed out at the Union government for being unprepared and pushing the country to the gravest disaster.
The central government also agreed with the court that the issue needs to be analysed.
'We need to do several things at several levels - organisationally, articulation in the media in whatever form, putting up people who the people want to listen to, providing active, thoughtful leaders who can articulate with a lot of circumspection.'
'The District Congress Committee (DCC) demands that disciplinary action should be taken against all those who signed the letter and they should be expelled from the party,' said the resolution passed by Lakhimpur Kheri district Congress committee.
‘It’s not about a post It’s about my country which matters most’, he said.
