Supreme Court removes litigant after abuse, document toss

A litigant was forcibly removed from the Supreme Court of India on Friday, July 10, 2026, after he verbally abused judges, threw legal documents, and disrupted court proceedings. The incident occurred before a bench of Justices K.V. Viswanathan and Alok Aradhe during the hearing of an appeal filed by petitioner Prabal Pratap.

The petitioner, appearing in person, began his submission by addressing the judges as "Mr. judicial servant" and ordering them to direct the registration of a police report against an Assistant Commissioner of Police in Lucknow. A surprised Justice Viswanathan responded by asking, "You are ordering me? You are ordering us?" Pratap replied that his case was fully on record before suddenly throwing his case papers into the air and using abusive language, which sources indicate was directed at the Chief Justice of India, who was not present in the courtroom.

Security personnel immediately intervened, overpowered Pratap, and escorted him from the courtroom, allowing proceedings to continue. Following the disruption, the bench dismissed Pratap's appeal, finding no grounds to interfere with the earlier decision of the Allahabad High Court. That lower court had...