Supreme Court To Hear Petition On Delhi Violence Tomorrow

We cannot stop things from happening, Chief Justice Bobde says on the riots

Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde on Monday orally said courts were not “equipped” to handle palpable “pressure” being created to somehow step in and prevent violence in Delhi.

“We are not saying people should die. But this kind of pressure we are not equipped to handle. We cannot stop things from happening. We cannot prevent anything… We feel a kind of pressure on us... We cannot handle that. It is as if the court is responsible,” he remarked. Courts came into the picture only after an incident happened, he explained.

The observations came when senior advocate Colin Gonsalves made a mentioning before him to urgently intervene and pass directions to arrest those delivering hate speeches and to prevent the spread of violence.