3 min readNew DelhiJul 10, 2026 09:50 PM IST
First published on: Jul 10, 2026 at 05:46 PM IST
The Supreme Court witnessed unruly scenes on Friday when a litigant shouted at the judges and hurled papers before being removed by security personnel.
The incident happened before a bench of Justices K V Viswanathan and Alok Aradhe, which decided not to initiate any action against the petitioner, Prabal Pratap.
As soon as he appeared before the bench, the judges asked, “Are you the party in person? Mr Prabal Pratap?”
Answering in the affirmative, the petitioner addressed the bench aggressively. “Mr judicial servant, I order you to order an FIR against the ACP, Vikasnagar, Lucknow.”
Justice Viswanathan asked, “You are ordering me? You are ordering us?”
“That’s all from my side,” the man continued, naming a company and alleging that it was running a nationwide cybercrime syndicate.
He then said, “Everything is on record in the 155 pages of the file (he was carrying), and that’s all from my side.”
The petitioner then pulled out a bunch of papers from the file. “These are a few papers I have,” he said and flung them into the air, shouting that they be given to the CJI. He also used expletive language.
The security personnel accompanying him intervened quickly and removed him from the courtroom to restore order.
The bench, however, did not take any action against him and dismissed the petition.
“When this matter was taken up, Mr Prabal Pratap, who appeared as petitioner-in-person on behalf of both the petitioners in this matter, instead of presenting the case, made incoherent and unparliamentary utterances. We, however, considering the condition of the petitioner above named, do not propose to take any action against him,” the bench said in its order.
“As far as the merit of this case is concerned, we have perused the records. We find no good ground to interfere with the impugned judgment/order(s). The Special Leave Petition is, accordingly, dismissed. All pending applications, including applications for permission to appear and argue in person and permission to file petition(s), shall also stand disposed of,” it said.
Sources at the Supreme Court said the man hailed from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh.
In a similar incident last year, a lawyer, Advocate Rakesh Kishore, created a commotion in the top court when he tried to throw a shoe at the then CJI, B R Gavai. The shoe did not hit the judge, who continued the court proceedings unperturbed.
Kishore was apparently upset about the CJI’s remarks during a hearing on a plea seeking the restoration of an idol of Lord Vishnu in Khajuraho.
The Supreme Court Bar Association later removed Kishore from its rolls, and the Bar Council of India suspended his licence pending further proceedings.
Though Attorney General R Venkataramani granted consent to initiate criminal contempt of court proceedings against the lawyer, the Supreme Court said it would prefer a natural death to the incident than provide fuel for more social media debates.
Supreme Court sources said the man hailed from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh, adding that it was not clear what his grievance was. (File Photo) 
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