'They don't help': Supreme Court rebukes CBI over threats to judges

The Supreme Court on Friday termed the incidents of judges being threatened as "serious” and asked the states to file status reports on the security they are providing to the judicial officers.

A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Surya Kant also issued notice to the CBI which has taken over the investigation into the recent incident of alleged mowing down of a judge at Dhanbad.

The apex court was informed by the counsel appearing for Jharkhand that probe into the July 28 incident has been handed over to the CBI.

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The bench told Attorney General K K Venugopal that there are several cases which involve gangsters and high-profile persons and there are instances of judges getting threats or abusive messages.

“There is no freedom to the judges to even file a complaint,” the bench said, adding that police or the CBI is not helping the judiciary if such complaints are filed.