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A plea concerning a runaway mates seeking extortion was mentioned connected Friday (March 20, 2026) earlier the Supreme Court, which asked the lawyer to determination the Delhi High Court for the relief.
In a peculiar crook of events, a lawyer, who mentioned the plea for extortion of the runaway mates from their families, had recovered the young mates successful the apex tribunal parking lot.
The lawyer said the mates came to the Supreme Court nether the mistaken belief, influenced by societal media reels, that they could get joined wrong the tribunal premises and person contiguous extortion from the Chief Justice of India.
According to the counsel, the mates feared superior harm, claiming that their parents intended to punish them severely for their relationship.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi asked the lawyer to attack the High Court with the plea.
The lawyer further stated that she escorted the mates to the Tilak Marg Police Station to question assistance. However, she alleged that alternatively of offering protection, the constabulary attempted to detain them.
Responding to the mention, the CJI asked wherefore litigants bypass the jurisdiction of High Courts successful specified matters. "Why this step-motherly attraction to Article 226 jurisdiction?" the CJI asked, adding that High Courts are empowered to woody with specified pleas.
The CJI said that arsenic a erstwhile justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, helium had handled galore specified cases. The CJI said if the High Court fails to supply relief, the parties are astatine liberty to attack the Supreme Court.
The Bench besides indicated that it would pass with the Registrar (Judicial) of the acrophobic High Court to facilitate due information of the matter.
