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SC issues notices to
Medha, Arundhati: PTI

A division bench comprising Justices G B Pattanaik and Justice B N Agrawal also issued a notice to NBA counsel Prashant Bhushan, as he allegedly led the rally before the Supreme Court gate on December 13.

The NBA activists had staged a protest before a gate of the court, to protest against the judgement, clearing the Narmada dam project.

The petitioner advocates led by J R Parashar alleged that they were assaulted when they intervened during the rally, dissuading the activists to desist from using abusive language.

Attorney General Soli J Sorabjee, whose assistance the court had sought, said that one could ignore the general conduct of protestors, but if the language alleged to have been used in shouting slogans was true, it prima facie constituted contempt of court.

He, however, said that he wanted to be excused from the case, but added that one of the law officers would assist the court in the case.

The court on October 18 had given a green signal for construction of the controversial Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river up to a height of 138 metres as per the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal Award.

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