Lucknow : 1st year L.LB student Tanaya Thakur and her brother Class 11th student Aditya Thakur from Lucknow have given a legal notice to Justice Markandey Katju on December 9, 2012 regarding his statement about 90% of Indians being idiots; published in various newspapers on Sunday, 9thDecember 2012. They have said that being average citizens of India, they were deeply hurt and humiliated by Justice Katju’s words.
They further added that Justice Katju’s statements would deprecate the reputation of India and its citizens and a person of Justice Katju’s stature should have deliberated on the implications of his statements. They have asked Justice Katju to issue a public apology, and in case this does not happen within a period of 30 days, they would move to the court.