<p style="text-align: justify;">In a major development, notice has been issued to Congress President <strong>Rahul Gandhi</strong> for attributing the remark ‘<em>Chowkidar Chor Hai’</em> to the Supreme Court.</p>.<div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">A Bench of Chief Justice of India <strong>Ranjan Gogoi</strong> and Justices <strong>Deepak Gupta</strong> and <strong>Sanjiv Khanna</strong> heard Senior Advocates <span style="color: #993366;"><strong>Mukul Rohatgi</strong></span> and <span style="color: #993366;"><strong>AM Singhvi</strong></span> before issuing notice.</div>.<div dir="auto"><p>Appearing for petitioner Meenakshi Lekhi, Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi said that Gandhi has admitted that he had made a wrong statement.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>“He has said that he did not read the order and that he said it in a euphoric manner”, </em>submitted Rohatgi.</p><p>He further argued that the apology by Rahul Gandhi is in brackets in one line saying, “he regrets”.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em> “It is lip service”, </em>submitted Mukul Rohatgi, referring to Gandhi’s statement<em>.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>“His statement from Amethi to Wayanad is Supreme Court said Chowkidar Chor Hai and Narendra Modi is the Chowkidar. Is this how a leader of national party treats the Supreme Court?”</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi then argued that it was inconceivable that the Supreme Court will say “Chowkidar Chor Hai”.</p><p>He said that for the last 18 months, the slogan surrounding Chowkidar has been used in politics.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>“I am expressing regret only for attributing the slogan to Supreme Court. I stand by my political slogan ‘Chowkidar chor hai’. I regret for attributing it to Supreme Court”, </em>Singhvi submitted on behalf of Gandhi.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Singhvi also said that BJP leaders had gone around claiming that the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to the government with respect to the Rafale deal, when it had in fact not done so.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>“I have extracted judgment of the Court. We did not have time to file contempt cases”, </em>said Singhvi.</p><p>The Court proceeded to issue notice to Rahul Gandhi and listed the contempt matter along with the review petition for Tuesday next week.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In a major development, notice has been issued to Congress President <strong>Rahul Gandhi</strong> for attributing the remark ‘<em>Chowkidar Chor Hai’</em> to the Supreme Court.</p>.<div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">A Bench of Chief Justice of India <strong>Ranjan Gogoi</strong> and Justices <strong>Deepak Gupta</strong> and <strong>Sanjiv Khanna</strong> heard Senior Advocates <span style="color: #993366;"><strong>Mukul Rohatgi</strong></span> and <span style="color: #993366;"><strong>AM Singhvi</strong></span> before issuing notice.</div>.<div dir="auto"><p>Appearing for petitioner Meenakshi Lekhi, Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi said that Gandhi has admitted that he had made a wrong statement.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>“He has said that he did not read the order and that he said it in a euphoric manner”, </em>submitted Rohatgi.</p><p>He further argued that the apology by Rahul Gandhi is in brackets in one line saying, “he regrets”.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em> “It is lip service”, </em>submitted Mukul Rohatgi, referring to Gandhi’s statement<em>.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>“His statement from Amethi to Wayanad is Supreme Court said Chowkidar Chor Hai and Narendra Modi is the Chowkidar. Is this how a leader of national party treats the Supreme Court?”</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi then argued that it was inconceivable that the Supreme Court will say “Chowkidar Chor Hai”.</p><p>He said that for the last 18 months, the slogan surrounding Chowkidar has been used in politics.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>“I am expressing regret only for attributing the slogan to Supreme Court. I stand by my political slogan ‘Chowkidar chor hai’. I regret for attributing it to Supreme Court”, </em>Singhvi submitted on behalf of Gandhi.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Singhvi also said that BJP leaders had gone around claiming that the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to the government with respect to the Rafale deal, when it had in fact not done so.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>“I have extracted judgment of the Court. We did not have time to file contempt cases”, </em>said Singhvi.</p><p>The Court proceeded to issue notice to Rahul Gandhi and listed the contempt matter along with the review petition for Tuesday next week.</p></div>