17, Feb 2016

JNU controversy: Lawyer disrupts SC proceedings, chants ‘Vande Mataram’
Feb 17, 2016 |
• Age Correspondent
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• New Delhi

After the incident, SC limited the number of people to be allowed inside the courtroom for hearing.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday limited the number of people present in the courtroom as a lawyer tried to disrupt the court’s proceeding on the Patiala House Court scuffle.
The lawyer chanted ‘Vande Mataram’ slogans during the hearing of a plea regarding the attack on journalists, students and faculty members of Jawaharlal Nehru University at the Delhi court’s premises.
“If this is happening inside the SC then what are we left to say,” the Supreme Court said, adding, “The presence of journalists inside court required more than others. Five journalists will be allowed inside courtroom and 25 within the court premises.”
The apex court also added that only two students and two faculty members were permitted inside the courtroom.
The court also condemned what happened in Patiala House Court. Thereafter the lawyer who chanted the slogans inside the courtroom submitted unconditional apology to the