EXCLUSIVE: 'Every Side Will Get Justice,' CJI Ahead Of Monday's Hearing in CJP Protest Case

Ahead of hearing of a PIL in Supreme Court tomorrow seeking a Judicial Commission/SIT led by a retired SC judge to probe the police “excesses” and FIR against delinquent police personnel, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has said “every side will get justice”. Speaking exclusively to Times Now on the sidelines of an International Conference commemorating 60th anniversary of UN Commission on international trade law, CJI Kant said, “Every side must and will get justice ..those who so deserve ..in accordance with law they should get the justice. It's not that someone has filed the petition therefore it will be one way of listening the matters. The courts always keep the aspect of viewpoint of every party, the aspect of the case and whatever the law requires

and the constitutional principles require the court will accordingly act upon.”Clarifying the context in which he told a lawyer Narendra Mishra when he mentioned issue of police “atrocities” on students in CJP protests: “Do not waste our time and do not waste your time..We are not interested in videos and we don’t have time to watch…”, CJI Kant said the lawyer had made a mention without filing a petition.“There was no petition filed in Supreme Court. Therefore, there was no question of taking up any matter. So what I was indicating to the counsel was only that he should first put a petition then only the question of seeing any document any proof any video or audio or any proof kind of the allegations he was making that would arise. So if the unfortunately …some of the lawyers who act in a very casual manner and do not take the public cause before espousing it so seriously that creates problem.”

Q & A WITH CJI SURYA KANT VERBATIM

Q: Now a proper petition has been filed related to the police action against CJP protestors. Will both sides get justice?CJI: ‘Every side must get justice ..those who so deserve ..in accordance with law they should get the justice. It's not that someone has filed the petition therefore it will be one way of listening the matters. The courts always keep the aspect of viewpoint of every party, the aspect of the case and whatever the law requires and the constitutional principles require the court will accordingly act upon”.

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Q: Lot of controversy about your comment ‘Don’t waste my time’ when a similar plea was mentioned by a lawyer earlier..? Later you also issued a clarification.CJI: No, there was no clarification as such. It's only just because the statement being made in the media and the way it was reported was completely misleading and uh based upon a misinformation. There was no petition filed in Supreme Court. Therefore, there was no question of taking up any matter. So what I was indicating to the counsel was only that he should first put a petition then only the question of seeing any document any proof any video or audio or any proof kind of the allegations he was making that would arise. So if the unfortunately …some of the lawyers who act in a very casual manner and do not take the public cause before espousing it so seriously that creates problem. So till morning 10:00 a.m. I kept on waiting let me see that whether somebody is filing the petition particularly that council who made a mention. So it is very shocking that you make a mention and you don't file a petition. Neither it was filed earlier nor 10:00 a.m. in the morning. Q: The lawyer was saying that a letter petition was sent or something… CJI: No, that letter was addressed to the Secretary General… not even addressed properly when the counsel himself the advocate wants to file then he knows what is the format of a petition otherwise I have always made a statement that Supreme Court is open 24 by7 … our doors are always open for any person who espouse the cause of justice and who seeks redress of grievance before the Supreme Court. Today when some petitions were filed and the moment it was mentioned a particular diary number that is an acknowledgement of filing of a case I have immediately listed those cases.

PRAYERS IN THE PIL TO BE HEARD TOMORROW:

Following is the prayers in the petition filed by lawyer Shailendra Mani Tripathi through advocate-on-record Chand Qureshi which will be argued by Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayan --Appoint an independent, high-powered Judicial Commission or a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a retired Judge of this Hon'ble Court to investigate the physical excesses, gender-based violence, kinectic brutalities, and arbitrary detentions committed by the Delhi Police and other security personnel during the CJP Parliament March on July 20, 2026, and to direct the prosecution and suspension of all delinquent officers identified--To immediately register FIR under the relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023— including sections corresponding to sexual harassment, assault, and use of criminal force with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman—against the delinquent police personnel, and to identify, suspend, and initiate criminal prosecution against the officers who subjected female protesters to physical and sexual abuse during the protest on July 20, 2026; --PIL seeks a direction to Union and all states/UTs to frame and strictly implement comprehensive national guidelines ensuring that no police officer or security personnel shall carry out crowd-control, public assembly management, or arrests in plain clothes or without displaying prominent, clear, and visible nameplates/identity badges; and to declare any use of coercive force by unidentifiable or plainclothes personnel during public assemblies as arbitrary, illegal and a major service misconduct--Direct Centre, states, UTs to frame a clear Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and strict judicial guidelines for the exercise of power under Section 163 of the BNSS, 2023, prohibiting the issuance of “rolling,“ repetitive, or blanket prohibitory orders in any area without an objectively verified, proximate, and recorded threat of grave public disorder--Issue a direction establishing strict constitutional thresholds for the invocation of Section 152 of the BNS, 2023, clarifying that no person shall be prosecuted under this section for political dissent, academic critique, peaceful protest, or criticism of the government unless there is a direct, proximate, and imminent incitement to armed rebellion or secessionist violence--Direct the immediate, time-bound, and literal implementation of the police reform directives laid down in Prakash Singh v. Union of India (2006), specifically the establishment of fully functional, independent, and structurally empowered State and District Police Complaints Authorities (PCAs) whose recommendations for disciplinary and criminal action against delinquent officers shall be binding--Direct Centre, states introduce mandatory, structured, and periodical training programs for all police personnel on human rights, gender-sensitive crowd policing, conflict de-escalation, and non-lethal crowd control methods, in line with the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force