PIL in SC seeks judicial investigation into Parliament security breach

A lawyer has petitioned the Supreme Court to conduct an unbiased, independent investigation into the security breach in the lower house of Parliament, overseen by a retired Supreme Court judge. Two intruders broke into the Lok Sabha chamber during Zero Hour on December 13, the 22nd anniversary of the Parliament terror attack, posing a serious threat to public safety. After using their visitor passes to enter the Parliament, two men leaped from the visitors’ gallery into the Lok Sabha hall and uncorked smoke canisters, causing colored smoke to fill the building.

The petition filed by advocate Abu Sohel through advocate Shruti Bisht said that the incident has exposed a major breach in the security system of the Parliament.
The plea sought an “independent, credible and impartial” Judicial investigation under the supervision of a Retired Supreme Court Judge into the incident.

“The petition seeks judicial intervention in the matter of major security breach coinciding with the Anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack when two men carrying smoke canisters on December 13 gained unauthorised entry into the lower house of Parliament resulting thereby a huge damage caused to the reputation of the nation in the world,” the plea stated.

During Zero Hour, two individuals, Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D, leaped from the public gallery into the Lok Sabha chamber, unleashed yellow gas from canisters, and yelled anti-establishment slogans before being overpowered by the MPs. Neelam (42) and Amol (25) demonstrated outside the parliament in a different incident, carrying identical gas canisters. On December 14, however, all four were placed under the seven-day supervision of the Delhi Police Special Cell.