Today, the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud expressed his displeasure towards a counsel who persistently sought an expedited hearing date. When the counsel continued to make repeated requests, the CJI instructed him firmly, stating, "Do not dictate to the Court."

"Why don't you come and sit here and tell the court master what dates you want? Ultimately you see this is too much. You see the kind of pressure of work on the Court's time. If you like, come and sit here, please come and sit here. Sit for the day. I assure you, you will run for your life!"

The lawyer was requesting an expedited hearing for the Shiv Sena (UBT) petition challenging the Maharashtra Speaker's refusal to disqualify the MLAs from the Eknath Shinde group. Although the matter was scheduled for today, it was not addressed as the bench was occupied with another ongoing case.