In the alternative, it is also prayed that the Houses of Parliament be directed to give to the petitioner post decisional hearing.
The petitioner, therefore, stated I therefore request both Houses of Parliament, through you, to recall the resolutions and apologize to me, or else to suspend the resolutions and give me an opportunity of hearing, personally or through my lawyer.
On the next day, discussion also took place in Lok Sabha whereafter the following Resolution was passed by Lok Sabha on 12.03.2015 Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and Netaji Shri Subhash Chandra Bose both are venerated by the entire companyntry.
Since the petitioner did number receive any response from either the Chairman, Rajya Sabha or the Speaker, Lok Sabha, he has filed the present petition.
The Resolution was to the following effect This House expresses its unequivocal companydemnation of the recent remarks of the former judge of the Supreme Court, Shri Justice Markandey Katju, against the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose led the Indian National Army for the freedom of the companyntry.
On 23.03.2015, the petitioner sent e mails to the Chairman, Rajya Sabha and to the Speaker, Lok Sabha that the aforesaid Resolutions companydemning his statements on Mahatma Gandhi and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose were passed by Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha without giving him any opportunity of hearing and that rules of Natural Justice required that he should have been given an opportunity of hearing.
On the same date, another post was published by the petitioner on his Facebook Page in respect of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose referring to him as an agent of Japanese fascism.
These posts evoked immediate response and on 11.03.2015, discussion took place in Rajya Sabha.
The post was entitled Gandhi A British Agent and stated that Mahatma Gandhi did great harm to India.
At the end of the discussion, a Resolution was moved by the Chairman of Rajya Sabha which was passed unanimously by the House.
On 10.03.2015, the petitioner, a former Judge of this Court published a post on his Facebook Page in respect of Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation.
Uday Umesh Lalit J. This petition under Article 32 seeks quashing of Resolution dated 11.03.2015 passed by Rajya Sabha and Resolution dated 12.03.2015 passed by Lok Sabha.
