Lawyers
flooded
the
courtroom
of
Chief
Justice
of
India
D
Y
Chandrachud
to
witness
the
proceedings
as
one
special
guest
—
Aamir
Khan
—
was
seated
in
the
front
row.
Movie
superstar
Aamir
Khan
leaves
Court
No
1
at
the
Supreme
Court
after
the
hearing
regarding
the
screening
of
his
film
Laapataa
Ladies
as
part
of
a
gender
sensitisation
programme,
August
9,
2024.
All
photographs:
ANI
Photo
It
was
a
quick
lunch
at
the
Supreme
Court
on
Friday.
Lawyers
flooded
the
courtroom
of
Chief
Justice
of
India
D
Y
Chandrachud
to
witness
the
proceedings
as
one
special
guest
—
Aamir
Khan
—
was
seated
in
the
front
row.
The
CJI
welcomed
Khan
saying,
“I
do
not
want
a
stampede
in
court.
But
Aamir
Khan
is
here
today.
He
is
here
for
the
screening
and
Kiran
Rao,
too,
will
be
with
us
shortly.”
Aamir
Khan,
in
a
printed
kurta
leaves
Court
No
1.
Not
far
from
the
actor
was
Attorney
General
R
Venkataramani,
“It
is
a
star-studded
court
today,”
he
said.
Senior
advocate
Huzefa
Ahmadi
then
quipped,
“I
am
sure
he
(AG)
is
referring
to
you,
Your
Lordship.”
Director
and
producer
Kiran
Rao
and
Aamir
Khan,
in
a
printed
kurta,
were
at
the
Supreme
Court
on
Friday
to
attend
a
screening
of
Laapataa
Ladies.
Director-producer-screenwriter
Kiran
Rao
leaves
Court
No
1.
The
communications
division
of
the
Supreme
Court,
on
the
CJI’s
initiative,
had
organised
the
screening
for
all
Supreme
Court
judges,
their
spouses
and
members
of
the
registry.
The
movie,
which
tells
the
tale
of
two
lost
ladies,
was
shown
in
the
auditorium
of
the
top
court’s
administrative
building
complex.
A
circular
of
the
court
said
that
screening
of
the
movie
is
part
of
the
activities
organised
during
the
75th
year
of
the
establishment
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
India.
The
initiative
is
part
of
the
CJI’s
year-round
gender
sensitisation
programme
at
the
top
court.
The
idea
for
this
screening
reportedly
came
from
his
wife,
Kalpana
Das,
after
she
and
her
staff
had
watched
the
film.
Kiran
Rao.
This
is
not
the
first
time
that
the
CJI
has
expressed
his
love
for
cinema
on
similar
themes.
In
2021,
he
said
Malayalam
film
director
Jeo
Baby’s
The
Great
Indian
Kitchen
was
‘poignantly
engaging’.
Aamir
Khan.
The
CJI
has
given
judgment
on
many
women’s
issues
—
he
was
on
the
five-judge
Bench
that
allowed
the
entry
of
women
in
the
menstruating
age
group
inside
the
Sabarimala
temple.
Photographs
curated
by
Manisha
Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature
Presentation:
Ashish
Narsale/Rediff.com