New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- A heated exchange took place in the Supreme Court today between Senior Advocate Harish Salve and Advocate Prashant Bhushan during the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Citizens Whistle Blower Forum seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe against Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (now Sammaan Capital).
The case was heard by a Bench of Justice Surya Kant, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh.
The verbal spat began when Harish Salve, appearing for Indiabulls, referred to the petitioner-forum as a "blackmailer."Taking strong objection, Prashant Bhushan said Salve had the "audacity" to make such a remark "while sitting in London." Bhushan pointed out that the forum was headed ...