PILs in Supreme Court search probe, course to media

A lawyer on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) looking for a judicial inquiry into the violence on Republic day within the nationwide capital throughout a march by farmers protesting the Centre’s new farm legal guidelines. Another PIL urged the courtroom to direct the media to not declare farmers as “terrorist” with out proof.
In his plea, Advocate Vishal Tiwari sought the organising of a fee headed by a retired Supreme Court choose and comprising two retired High Court judges to carry a time-bound investigation into the incidents. The plea additionally sought instructions to the authorities involved to register FIRs in opposition to people or organisations liable for the violence and the protesters “causing the dishonour of our national flag” at Red Fort.
The different plea, by advocate M L Sharma, alleged a “planned conspiracy” to sabotage the farmers’ protest and claimed that they have been branded “terrorist” with no proof to again it.