00:00Breaking news now coming in as the protests continue, so do the detentions that continue in the national capital Delhi
00:10itself as we speak.
00:11Now sources have come out to say the Chief Justice of India, Justice Thurya Khand, has rejected the India bloc
00:17leader's request for a meeting to submit a representation,
00:21explaining the reasons for the decision in a response sent to them via mail.
00:25Remember, they met the President two days ago and then they had said come out after meeting the President that
00:32they will be presenting an entire report to the Supreme Court
00:36and that seems to have been, with the meeting that they had requested with the Chief Justice, that seems to
00:42have now been declined and rejected by the CJI himself.
00:46Now let's first listen in to what Rahul Gandhi has had to say and before that however we are being
00:54joined by our colleague
00:55Anisha Mathur. Let's take this question up to her.
00:58Anisha, what exactly are we learning at this given point about the CJI rejecting the India bloc's request to meet?
01:07Well, Sisha, the Supreme Court, the sources that are telling us is that the reply has been sent to the
01:16opposition leaders rejecting the request to meet.
01:20Now remember, the opposition leaders wanted to give a representation regarding the SIR and the CEC Gyanesh Kumar
01:28and the Supreme Court has effectively said that because this matter is subjudic before the court
01:33and the Chief Justice himself is sitting on that bench, he cannot entertain any representation outside of what is actually
01:43before the court.
01:44But he's in fact suggested that if Rahul Gandhi and Malik Arjun Khardyye want to be heard on the issue,
01:49they can file a petition on this matter. The leaders are free to approach the court on the judicial side
01:56for the protection of their rights.
01:58Now, we'll have to wait and see whether they move any petitions before the Supreme Court because remember when it
02:07comes to the SIR,
02:09there are multiple petitions filed by various leaders in the India bloc including Mamata Banerjee, leaders of the TNC, Manoj
02:19Jha,
02:19and several others have moved petitions when it comes to the SIR issues. So we'll have to wait and see
02:25now what happens because the Chief Justice very clearly saying that this is
02:29not an issue that he can entertain in his capacity as the Chief Justice on the Administrator side. He cannot
02:39entertain a political meeting.
02:43Right Anisha, thank you for bringing us those details.
