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New Delhi, Aug 31: A fresh plea was today filed in the Supreme Court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against former Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi and others for their alleged failure in protecting JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar from being assaulted in a trial court here. The application, filed in a pending petition of N D Jaiprakash who had alleged that he himself was assaulted along with Kanhaiya by persons in black robes in Patiala House Court complex, has referred to the report of Delhi High Court registrar in the entire incident. Senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for Jaiprakash, told a bench of Justices J Chelameswar and A M Sapre that the report has confirmed that there were some unauthorised persons inside the court room where Kanhaiya was kept, before being produced.
The fact that Kanhaiya and others were assaulted by some unauthorised persons constitute contempt of the order of this court, which had asked the police to ensure safety of the student leader and his lawyers, the latest plea has said. Besides Bassi, it has also sought contempt action against other police officers, including JCP M K Meena and DCP Jatin Narwal, for allegedly failing to ensure safety of Kanhaiya and others. Meanwhile, the hearing on the main petition filed by Jaiprakash and Kamini Jaiswal in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) row got deferred to October 18, as advocate Prashant Bhushan was unwell.(ALSO READ: JNU rape case: Varsity suspends accused scholar)
On April 11, the apex court had questioned Delhi Police over the presence of some unsolicited persons in black robes in the courtroom where the JNU leader was allegedly assaulted before being produced in the sedition case. Earlier, the court had sought response from the Centre and Delhi Police on Jaiswal’s plea seeking an SIT probe and initiation of contempt action against three lawyers in the case. These lawyers were allegedly caught in a sting operation talking about the attacks.
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