The petitioner advocate urged the top court to give direction to remove social media posts and videos that are derogatory and contemptuous towards the judiciary.
The Supreme Court will continue hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 on Thursday.
President Droupadi Murmu had, on April 5, gave her assent to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on April 3, and the Rajya Sabha on April 4.
Withdrawing the judicial work from Justice Yashwant Verma, the CJI Khanna asked the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court not to assign him any judicial work for the time being.
“The report will be examined and processed for further and necessary action,” the statement said.
During the launch event, the Chief Justice said that FASTER came into existence, after a news report, published in July last year, regarding delay in release of prisoners. He added that the apex court had granted bail to prisoners three days ago, however there was a delay in physical copies of the orders reaching the prison officials.
Before the beginning of the proceedings of the day, the Chief Justice while paying the tribute said: "His passing away is a jolt to the entire legal fraternity. Justice Lahoti will always be remembered as a fearless and independent judge."
CJI said, "The current state of judicial infrastructure is terrible to say the least. It does not even meet the requirements of all existing judicial officers."
It emphasised that media should verify facts before putting out any information, adding: "We are sorry to observe that somebody is exceeding the limit of freedom of speech". The bench said these are all false representations.
Nine people, including four farmers, were killed on Sunday as violence erupted during a farmers' protest in Lakhimpur Kheri.
