Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Probe Monitored By Retired Judge Into Parliament Security Lapse

A lawyer has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition in the Supreme Court seeking judicial investigation under the supervision of a retired SC judge into the security breach which happened in the Lok Sabha on December 13.

On December 13, two men, who had entered the Parliament on visitors' passes, jumped from the visitors' gallery into the Lok Sabha hall and opened smoke cannisters, filling the house with coloured smoke. Saying that this incident exposed a major breach in the security system of the Parliament, Supreme Court lawyer Abu Sohel filed the petition invoking Article 32 of the Constitution of India.

The petitioner seeks an 'independent, credible and impartial" Judicial investigation under the supervision of a Retired Supreme Court Judge into the incident. The petition has been filed through Advocate-on-Record Shruti Bisht.

The Delhi Police have registered an FIR invoking the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in connection with the incident.  Five persons - Sagar Sharma, Manoranjan D, Neelam Verma, Amol Shinde and Lalit Jha- have been arrested in the case so far. Recently, a Delhi Court remanded the arrested persons to police custody for seven days.