Anyone who has filed a petition in the Supreme Court knows that the Registry will pick out the smallest "defect" & make you re-file.

It is, therefore, surprising that a defective petition against @pbhushan1 by Mahek Maheshwari was turned into a suo-moto contempt case.

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Maheshwari's case was never allotted a case number. It was given Diary Number 14323/2020 pending scrutiny.

He had also filed an application seeking exemption from taking the permission of the Attorney General which is mandatory in criminal contempt cases.

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For any normal petitioners like us, SC Registry would give back the petition, ask to clear the defects (sometimes even little things like page numbers), and then re-file.

Maheshwari's defective petition, however, was taken by the Registry directly before the judges.

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Was Maheshwari's petition against @pbhushan1 scrutinized for defects?

Were the defects cleared?

Why was this taken by the Registry directly to the judges for listing & made suo-moto instead?

I've filed an RTI with the Supreme Court for these details.

We must know.

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