CJI Chandrachud rebukes lawyer for informal language in courtroom
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud reprimanded a lawyer today for using the informal expression “yeah” during a court proceeding, stating that the courtroom is not a coffee shop. The CJI made the remark while hearing a petition in which the lawyer sought an in-house inquiry against former Chief Justice of India, Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
During the hearing, the lawyer mentioned a 2018 petition that named Justice Ranjan Gogoi as a respondent. The CJI asked, “Is it an Article 32 plea? How can you file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) with a judge as a respondent?” Article 32 of the Constitution allows citizens to seek constitutional remedies when their fundamental rights are violated.
In response, the lawyer said, “Yeah, yeah, the then CJI Ranjan Gogoi... I was asked to file a curative...” The CJI interrupted, expressing his disapproval: “This is not a coffee shop! What is this ‘yeah yeah’? I am very allergic to this ‘yeah yeah.’ This cannot be allowed.”
CJI Chandrachud further pointed out that Justice Gogoi, now a Rajya Sabha MP, was a former judge of the Supreme Court and cannot be made a respondent in such a manner. He added that the petitioner could not seek an in-house inquiry against a judge just because he did not succeed in court.
The lawyer argued that Justice Gogoi had dismissed his plea based on a statement he considered illegal. He claimed to have requested former CJI TS Thakur to move his review plea before a bench familiar with labour laws, but the request was not entertained, leading to its dismissal.
The CJI instructed the registry to review the petition and asked the lawyer to remove Justice Gogoi’s name from it before proceeding further.
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
