As the AAP-led Delhi government puts together the odd-even car rule to implemented from January 1, 2016, NDTV's Barkha Dutt tweets her response to the exemption given to single women. Women driving alone or accompanied by children under the age of 12, are exempt, as are cars driven by the physically disabled.

Dutt tweeted: @BDUTT  As a single woman, I dont want exemption from  #OddEvenFormula- think women who CAN must stand up & say so. Exemptions make me uncomfortable.

And that should have been that.

But not when you have Justice Markandey Katju , former chairman of the Press Council of India, following the journalist on Twitter.

Katju who has raised eyebrows for his sexist remarks earlier (he wanted Katrina Kaif to be the next president of India).

In January, he had blogged that he was in favour of electing beautiful women on all posts. "This is because politicians will promise the moon, but not do anything for the public welfare. So since you must have someone, why not vote for a beautiful face ? At least you will get some momentary happiness looking at her face in the media,' he wrote.


When Twitter ripped him apart, Katju wrote that he wanted Kaif as  the next president of India, but only on the condition that "she sings 'Sheela ki Jawaani' on her inaugural.'


Katju must have forgotten the lampooning he received, for he quickly tweeted Dutt on her stand that women drivers should not be exempt from odd-even rule, saying, "O come on Barkha, all your admirers ( among whom I count myself ) would like to be your car drivers and chaperones."


The judge loves the Middle Ages, it seems.