SC raps Nupur Sharma for Prophet remarks: Here are the judges who made the observation
India Today
The Supreme Court slammed former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma over her Prophet remarks. Here are the judges who made the observation.
With the Supreme court on Friday declining any relief to the former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and making observations against her that she is single-handedly responsible for whatever is happening in the country right now, let's take a look at the profiles of Judges.
Justice Surya Kant hails from his parent High Court of Punjab and Haryana, where he first served as a judge from 2004 to 2018 before he took charge as the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court in late 2018.
He was subsequently elevated to the Supreme Court in 2019. He will serve in the capacity of Chief Justice of India for a little over a year from November 24, 2025 to February 9, 2027.
During his tenure as a Supreme Court judge, Justice Surya Kant was part of several important judgments, including Article 370, CAA and Pegasus.
Justice Surya Kant was part of the bench which had dealt with the lapses during the Prime minister Narendra Modi's visit in Punjab and had formed a committee to conduct the inquiry.
While hearing a case pertaining to where the CRPF had initiated disciplinary proceedings against a person with a medical history of obsessive compulsive disorder and depression and has been undergoing treatment for the same since 2009, Justice Surya Kant bench had observed, "The stigma and discrimination against persons with mental health disorders are rampant in society, as the highest constitutional court of the country, it falls upon us to ensure that societal discrimination does not translate into legal discrimination.”
In one of his rulings, Justice Suryakant had opined that celebratory firing of guns licensed for self-protection needs to be stopped and had said, "A gun licensed for self-protection or safety and security of crops and cattle cannot be fired in celebratory events, it being a potential cause of fatal accidents.”
