Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and advocate of the complainants Harish Salve questioned the locus standi of the petitioners. They argued that the involvement of third parties in a case would set a bad precedent.

Meanwhile, Senior Counsel Indira Jaising asked the court to bar police from going to the media. She said, “everyday they are releasing a letter. Yesterday they released a letter which was shown by Republic TV”.

Justice Chandrachud, who was reportedly in agreement with Jaising, intervened and said, “The matter is before us now and we don’t want the police to be telling us that we are wrong.”