Supreme Court objects to plea seeking FIR against Delhi High Court judges; appoints Amicus

The Supreme Court on Thursday took exception to a plea by a litigant seeking registration of a first information report (FIR) against certain Delhi High Court judges.

A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi questioned the petitioner on how judges can be prosecuted for the judgments rendered by them.

"Tell me under which law judges are liable to be prosecuted for giving judgments against you. just because there are illegal, perverse petitions being filed . You cannot ask FIRs against judges," the Court said.

This was after the petitioner's counsel submitted that he was seeking FIr against sitting judges.

"This plea seeks registration of FIR against sitting HC judges. The issue is when I am the topper of the exam, but all judges.. ideally case should be heard by court 1," the lawyer said.

The Court eventually said that it is not able to understand the issue clearly and proceeded to appoint Senior Advocate S Muralidhar as amcius curiae in the matter.

"We appoint Dr Muralidhar as an amicus. Let paper book of plea be provided to the amicus," the Court said.

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