Nothing wrong in Parl condemning Katju for anti-Gandhi posts: SC

August 03, 2015 12:34

The Supreme Court has appointed Fali S Nariman as amicus curiae to assist it in deciding Justice Markandey Katju's plea against resolutions passed by Parliament.

The apex court said that Justice Katju should be ready to face criticism for venting his opinion on a public platform.

Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Markandey Katju, moved the apex court in June against both the Houses of Parliament for passing two resolutions condemning his social media posts in respect of Mahatma Gandhi and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

In the petition posted on his blog 'Satyam Bruyat', Justice Katju wants the apex court to quash the Resolutions passed on March 11 and 12 this year by both Houses of the Parliament as they violate his rights as a private citizen to express his views freely about historically-respected personalities and show disagreement, dissent, criticism, non-acceptance or critical evaluation.

He said the Parliament violated the principles of natural justice by not giving him an opportunity to be heard.

Both Houses of Parliament had condemned me for my statements calling Gandhi a British agent, and Subhas Chandra Bose a Japanese agent, without even giving me a hearing, Justice Katju wrote in the blog post which has the petition attached to it.

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