The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Union government and the Delhi Police over the Patiala House court violence. The top court also issued contempt notice to the three lawyers, who were caught on camera bragging about how they thrashed JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar in Patiala House court complex.

The Supreme Court asked lawyers shown in India Today's sting operation - Vikram Singh Chauhan, Om Sharma and Yashpal Singh - to respond to the notice within a week. The court has also asked the government and Delhi Police to present their view on the expose.

A petition was filed by senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan on the sting operation on the rogue lawyers pertaining to Patiala House court violence.

The plea, which was on Wednesday filed in the apex court, also sought a direction to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incidents of violent attacks on some journalists, students, teachers, defence lawyers and Kanhaiya Kumar on February 15 and 17 by some advocates in the premises of the Patiala House courts in Delhi during the hearing of the sedition case involving the JNUSU leader.

The plea was filed in pursuance of an oral observation by a bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar, which is hearing the matter arising out of violence in the trial court premises in the JNU case, that the allegations are fresh ones and hence, a fresh petition is required to be filed.

It alleged that the lawyers have interfered in the "administration of justice" and willfully violated the orders passed by the apex court on February 17.

Yashpal Singh and Vikram Chauhan were arrested earlier this week but were released on bail.

India Today investigation had exposed how lawless lawyers took law into their hands. The lawyers had revealed how the Patiala House conspiracy was planned well in advance and how the cops stood around and did nothing when Kanhaiya and the journalists were being beaten.

On camera, the lawyers even threatened more attacks in the future and talked about using petrol bombs the next time.

The lawyers, Vikram Singh Chauhan, Yashpal Singh and Om Sharma, claimed that they thrashed Kanhaiya Kumar so hard that he "wet his pants".

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