Self Immolation Outside Supreme Court: Lawyer Requests Chief Justice Ramana To Take Suo Moto Cognizance Of The Incident

A Supreme Court advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava has written to the Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana to take suo-motu cognizance of the "heart wrenching incident" which took place on August 16, 2021, wherein, a 24-year-old and her male friend had set themselves on fire, outside Supreme Court premises. " While I completely disapprove of her drastic decision to set herself on fire, at the same time, I also strongly feel that the victim very much deserves to get JUSTICE even after her death, pursuant to the aforesaid unfortunate incident, which took place at the DOORSTEPS OF OUR HON'BLE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA," the letter adds. A Supreme Court advocate, Alakh Alok Srivastava has written to the Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana requesting him to take suo-motu cognizance of the death of a 24-yr old Rape Victim, who had set herself abalze outside Supreme Court. The woman in March had filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking transfer of her rape case for a fair trial from Allahabad to Delhi on grounds of her threat to life and later in August, a local court in Varanasi had issued a non-bailable warrant against her in a case of forgery based on a complaint filed by the brother of the accused MP.