The retired Justice Markandey Katju who was seeking quashing of a resolution from Supreme Court, which was passed by the Parliament condemned his remarks on Mahatma Gandhi and Subhash Chandra Bose.
The Supreme Court dismissed a plea by retired Justice Markandey Katju challenging a resolution passed by Parliament deploring his remarks against Mahatma Gandhi and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
A bench of Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Justice Uday Umesh lalit dismissed the former apex court judge’s plea without even hearing him.
In a blog, Justice Katju called Mahatma Gandhi a British agent and Subhash Chandra Bose a Japanese agent. Due to which the Parliament had condemned Justice Katju and passed resolutions against him.
Justice Katju earlier said that both the houses condemned him for calling Gandhi a British agent and Bose a Japanese agent without even hearing him.
However, the court rejected the Centre’s plea that Justice Katju’s petition was not maintainable and said that his plea was dismissed on merit.
--with agency inputs
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