Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday pulled up a lawyer over his casual response to a query while addressing the bench and said that the courtroom is "not a coffee shop".
The Supreme Court was hearing a petition filed in 2018 which sought an in-house inquiry against former CJI Ranjan Gogoi.
"But is it an Article 32 plea? How can you file a PIL with a judge as a respondent," Chief Justice DY Chandrachud asked.
Article 32 of the Constitution guarantees citizens the right to seek constitutional remedies when their fundamental rights are violated.
The petitioner responded to the CJI saying: "Yeah, yeah the then CJI Ranjan Gogoi... I was asked to file a curative...".
CJI Chandrachud cut him off mid-sentence and asked him not to use the word "yeah" in court.
"This is not a coffee shop! What is this yeah yeah. I am very allergic to this yeah yeah. This cannot be allowed," he said.
Justice Chandrachud also told the petitioner that Justice Gogoi is a former judge of the Supreme Court, adding that he cannot file a plea like this against a judge.
"Justice Gogoi was a former judge of this court and you cannot file a plea like this against a judge and seek an in-house enquiry because you did not succeed before the bench," he said.
Later, the CJI said the registry would look into the petition and told the petitioner to remove the name of Justice Gogoi from his plea.
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