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My petition against the resolutions of Parliament condemning me for my comments against Gandhi and Subhas Chandra Bose... Posted by Markandey Katju on Sunday, 2 August 2015

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Ex-judge Katju moves SC against Parliament resolution

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said that prima facie it feels that there is nothing wrong in Parliament passing resolution against former judge Markandey Katju condemning his statements calling Mahatma Gandhi "a British agent" and Subhash Chandra Bose "a Japanese agent".The apex court said that Justice Katju should be ready to face criticism for venting his opinion on a public platform.It however sought assistance from senior advocate Fali S Nariman and attorney general Mukul Rohatgi in adjudicating Katju's plea against the resolution.Katju compared the action of members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in passing the resolutions in March this year to that of 'queen of hearts' in the novel 'Alice in Wonderland' who would say "off with his head" even before she would give a hearing to someone."It is basic principle of natural justice that no one should be condemned unheard. But paying scant regard to this principle, the members of both Houses of the Indian Parliament all flocked together with one voice to condemn me," he said in his petition prepared through former solicitor general Gopal Subramanium.On March 10, Katju had made two posts on his Facebook page on Gandhi and Bose. "In the post, in respect of Gandhiji, (I) made the point that by constantly using religious symbolism in politics for decades, Gandhiji, in effect, furthered British policy of divide and rule by alienating the Muslim population of the Indian subcontinent away from the national movement. On Bose, I made the short point that through his actions, knowingly or unknowingly, he ended up perpetuating Japanese imperial interests in the Indian subcontinent."