2 Law Students Who Abused, Threw Papers During Supreme Court Hearing Get Bail
A Delhi court has granted bail to two law students who were arrested for disrupting Supreme Court proceedings and assaulting security staff. While the court condemned their behavior, it emphasized that the institution's dignity remains intact despite the actions of individual litigants.
Why it matters
The case highlights the legal system's balance between maintaining courtroom decorum and upholding the rights of unrepresented litigants.
A Delhi court has granted bail to two law students who were arrested and jailed for allegedly abusing during a Supreme Court hearing, assaulting a security staff member and disrupting proceedings.The court underlined that an institution of the stature and permanence of the Supreme Court is not diminished by the intemperate conduct of a single agitated, unrepresented litigant, and so subordinate courts should be guided by the same institutional restraint.At the same time, Judicial Magistrate Ravi in his order stated that it is necessary to state clearly that such conduct is "not condoned and is unequivocally deprecated".The court was hearing the bail pleas of Prabal Pratap Singh (24), a third-year law student of Lucknow University from Uttar Pradesh's Etawah who was appearing as the petitioner-in-person, and Chander Bhan (23), a second-year law student from Raebareli district.According to police, the incident occurred during the hearing of Special Leave Petition (Civil), Prabal…
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