CJI
Ka t
told
TOI
he
‘ eve
co se ted
to
Nalsa ‘s
i vitatio ‘.
NEW
DELHI:
Chief
Justice
of
I dia
(CJI)
Su ya
Ka t
has
ot
accepted
the
i vitatio
to
be
chief
guest
at
the
co vocatio
of
Natio al
Academy
of
Legal
Studies
a d
Resea ch
(Nalsa )
U ive sity
of
Law
amid
a
ow
spa ked
by
a
sectio
of
stude ts
opposi g
his
p ese ce
at
the
eve t
which
s owballed
afte
Ba
Cou cil
of
I dia
jumped
i
a d
o de ed
blackballi g
of
the
g aduates
befo e
et acti g
with
eg et.Hou s
afte
add essi g
VCs
of
atio al
law
u ive sities
at
Jodhpu ,
CJI
Ka t
told
TOI
he
” eve
co se ted
to
Nalsa ‘s
i vitatio ”
to
be
chief
guest
at
the
co vocatio .”The
questio
of
me
atte di g
the
co vocatio
does
ot
a ise,”
CJI
said.
Fou
days
ago,
Nalsa
co fi med
it
had,
i
keepi g
with
t aditio ,
i vited
CJI
Ka t
to
be
chief
guest
at
the
ce emo y
that
is
likely
to
be
held
at
the
e d
of
Aug
o
i
Sept.Of
Nalsa ‘s
1,400-odd
stude ts,
mo e
tha
400
had
opposed
CJI
Ka t
as
chief
guest,
citi g
his
ema ks
du i g
a
hea i g
o
petitio s
elated
to
the
stude ts’
ma ch
to
Pa liame t
o
July
20
a d
alleged
police
excesses.The
CJI-led
be ch
is
seized
of
a
bu ch
of
petitio s
seeki g
i depe de t
i qui y
i to
the
alleged
police
excesses
o
stude ts,
use
of
pellet
gu s
a d
facial
ecog itio
devices
fo
p ofili g
stude ts
i
alleged
b each
of
ight
to
p ivacy.It
has
also
accepted
a
petitio
by
the
elatives
of
i ju ed
police
pe so el
seeki g
st ict
actio
agai st
“c imi al
eleme ts”
who
i filt ated
the
stude ts’
agitatio
a d
caused
widesp ead
viole ce
a d
damage
to
public
p ope ty
while
abusi g
PM
a d
othe
co stitutio al
fu ctio a ies.
The
stude ts
appea ed
to
have
take
umb age
at
the
CJI-led
be ch
decli i g
to
take
suo
motu
cog isa ce
of
the
alleged
police
excesses
agai st
p oteste s
whe
a
advocate,
without
fili g
a
p ope
petitio ,
made
the
equest
o
July
22,
claimi g
he
had
video
footage
of
the
same.
The
CJI
had
asked
him
to
file
a
p ope
petitio
a ticulati g
his
allegatio s.Howeve ,
whe
the
advocate,
without
p oduci g
a
sc ap
of
a
pape ,
pe sisted
with
his
equest
that
the
be ch
watch
the
videos,
the
CJI,
with
a
heavy
cache
of
cases
al eady
befo e
him,
had
asked
him
ot
to
waste
judicial
time
a d
suggested
he
file
a
p ope
petitio .Petitio s
aisi g
simila
co ce s
we e
subseque tly
filed
a d
e te tai ed
by
the
CJI-led
be ch,
which
had
asked
police
ot
to
take
a y
coe cive
actio
agai st
stude ts
a d
p ese ve
all
video
a d
CCTV
came a
footage
as
well
as
sought
suggestio s
fo
a
i depe de t
i qui y
i to
the
i cide t
a d
setti g
up
a
commissio
to
lay
dow
pa -I dia
guideli es
fo
g aded
actio
by
police
to
co t ol
p otests
tu i g
viole t.
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The
co t ove sy
ove
stude ts’
oppositio
to
the
i vite
to
CJI
s owballed
afte
BCI
chai pe so ,
Ma a
Kuma
Mish a,
u ilate ally
issued
a
lette
to
the
Nalsa
vice-cha cello
seeki g
a
i qui y
a d
ide tificatio
of
stude ts
who
opposed
the
CJI’s
p ese ce
at
the
co vocatio
a d
th eate ed
to
deba
them
f om
getti g
egiste ed
as
advocates.Faced
with
co dem atio ,
BCI
quickly
withd ew
the
ci cula .
SC
has
sought
its
espo se
while
obse vi g
that
the
egulato
had
o
busi ess
wadi g
i to
a
matte
which
co ce ed
CJI
a d
Nalsa
stude ts.