Thread by @barandbench

#SupremeCourt to hear a plea seeking a direction to the CBI to register an FIR and probe the alleged duty evasion by 61 iron exporting firms including Essar Steel and Jindal Steel & Power in exporting iron ore to China since 2015

CJI: Mr ML Sharma, you read something in newspapers, twitter and then file petitions, we cannot have hearings like this. Next time if you threaten my officers I will not leave you. you are threatening the registrars. whatever we say they follow..

CJI: If you shout them and talk like this...

Sharma: this is not my nature..

CJI to Centre: where is your counter affidavit?

Centre: we filed it late last night

Justice Kohli: what is the use then? what time did you file?

CJI: You have to file a counter to this plea and the one by Common Cause. The counter has been filed today in court

Adv Prashant Bhushan: i did not receive any counter till now

Counsel for centre: please have it next week

Sharma: why next week?

CJI:Matter adjourned to Nov 26

CJI: We have not issued notice to any unofficial respondents. This is the unfortunate situation, Mr Sharma has deleted and added new respondents.

Sharma: i want to remove all respondents and keep only Centre

CJI: if you are a public spirited individual this is not the way of filing a PIL. One day you file a petition and then later on remove respondents.