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Lekhi also opined that in cases where the government refuses to take a stand, courts should come down heavily and make an example so that such an approach is not tolerated.

Senior Advocate Aman Lekhi, who recently resigned from the post of Additional Solicitor General for India, speaks to Bar & Bench in this exclusive interview.

The resignation of the senior lawyer, who appeared in several prominent cases including the Delhi Riots matters and the MediaOne ban, took many in the legal circles by surprise.

Lekhi tendered his resignation with immediate effect but did not specify any reason for his decision.

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The Court was hearing petitions seeking constitution of an independent probe team into the police brutality inside the Jamia campus following an anti-CAA protest.

The petitioner alleged that Lekhi had crossed the stipulated ceiling of ₹70 lakh in campaign-related expenses by reportedly organising a large-scale event and spending over ₹1 crore.

ASG Lekhi claimed that the intention of the mob was to indulge in violent activity, and not to hold a peaceful protest.

The Court today vacated its order staying the bail granted to Faisal Farooq.

The statement was made following a tussle between the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta for the Centre and Senior Standing Counsel (Criminal) Rahul Mehra for the Delhi Government yesterday.

ASG Lekhi was speaking during a webinar on the theme of Independence of the Judiciary, hosted by the CAN Foundation, which featured former CJI Ranjan Gogoi as the keynote speaker.

The event unfolded at the Kamani Auditorium.

The interim protection from arrest in connection with two of the three FIRs lodged against Chopra was directed to continue till the next date of hearing on July 8.

The High Court directed that an investigation be carried out in relation to allegations of instigating communal riots, but categorically ordered that no investigation be done on sedition charges.