Fifteen retired judges, 77 former bureaucrats and 25 former officers of the armed forces have issued an open statement against the “unfortunate and unprecedented” comments made by a Supreme Court Bench of Justices Surya Kant and J.B. Pardiwala while hearing a plea filed by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who is facing criminal action following her alleged televised remarks on Prophet Muhammed.
Refusing to entertain her plea to club the multiple first information reports (FIR) registered against her in various States, the Vacation Bench had made scathing oral remarks about Ms. Sharma, including that she was "single-handedly responsible" for the violent protests which followed.
The open statement said the remarks from the Bench had "sent shockwaves in the country and outside".
