Advocate seeks contempt action against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for comments against SC

A day after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said Parliament and state Assemblies should be shut if the Supreme Court had to make laws, an advocate has written to Attorney General R Venkatramani seeking his consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against him over his “grossly scandalous” remarks.

The Godda MP had also taken a swipe at Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, holding him responsible for “civil wars” in the country.

However, terming Dubey’s remarks as “deeply derogatory and dangerously provocative”, advocate Anas Tanveer wrote to the Attorney General for initiating contempt of court proceedings saying the BJP MP’s “grossly scandalous” remarks were “aimed at lowering the dignity” of the top court.

“I am writing this letter under Section 15(1)(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, read with Rule 3(c) of the Rules to Regulate Proceedings for Contempt of the Supreme Court, 1975, to humbly seek your kind consent for initiating criminal contempt proceedings against Shri Nishikant Dubey, Member of Lok Sabha from Godda parliamentary constituency in Jharkhand, for statements made by him in public that are grossly scandalous, misleading, and aimed at lowering the dignity and authority of the Supreme Court of India,” the letter read.

Dubey’s remarks came after the Centre assured the top court — which raised questions over certain contentious provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 — that it would not implement them till the next day of hearing.

The BJP has already distanced itself from Dubey’s critical remarks against the Supreme Court. Terming Dubey’s comments as his personal views, BJP President JP Nadda affirmed the party’s respect for the judiciary as an inseparable part of democracy and that he had directed party leaders not to make such comments.