1. Our Petition seeking the Hon'ble Supreme Court's intervention in the #BengalViolence was filed in the afternoon of May 3, 2021. By the afternoon of May 4, 2021, all queries raised by the SC Registry were addressed and cleared.
2. We filed a request as per procedure to list the matter urgently citing the situation in Bengal. Despite this, the matter was not listed on May 5th
3. Accordingly, our arguing Counsels Senior Advocate Ms. Pinky Anand and Mr. @jsaideepak along with the Advocate on Record Mr. Suvidutt Sundaram sought to orally mention the matter before Justice U. U. Lalit on May 6, 2021.
4. However, the said request too was not allowed by SC Registry despite being informed of the grave urgency in the matter.
5. A second letter of urgency was moved on May 6th, which too has been turned down by the Registry.
6. It is indeed unfortunate that the Hon'ble Supreme Court opens up at midnight for convicted terrorists but hasn't listed a petition in relation to #bengalviolence while lives are still being lost. Clearly, some are more equal than others.
7. Since today is the last working day of the Supreme Court before it shuts for summer until June 28th, we will seek its urgent listing once more before a vacation bench.
8. In the meantime, we are working on alternatives since our team has been flooded with videos and pictures of the ghastly targeted violence in Bengal, and we owe a duty to the victims to do everything we can.
9. Our Writ Petition has been registered after repeated follow-ups with the SC Registry as W. P. (C) No. 530/2021
10. We are moving a third letter of urgency for listing our Writ Petition before a vacation bench of the Supreme Court.
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