In a strange turn of events, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition, and lashed out at the petitioner for a plea seeking that he should be appointed a judge of the Telangana High Court. Calling the plea a “mockery of the system”, the top court asked if the collegium should be set up right away for the petitioner, reported Live Law.

The SC declined to entertain the plea, which was filed by one GV Sarvan Kumar. Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing a writ petition seeking directions to appoint him as the judge of the Telangana High Court.

The CJI, seemingly unhappy with the petition, pointed out that such a prayer was an attempt to mock the collegium system and the Constitution itself.

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