CM Kumaraswamy stood in the defence of tourism minister Sa.Ra Mahesh asserting that the police officer 'disrespected the minister' leading to such incidents. He also said that 'disrespecting the state tourism minister is equal to disrespecting the CM'.
Advocate for the petitioner, Dushyant Dave, was not pleased with the further delay and appeared to lash out at Justice Sikri. He stated that there was an impression that the Court does not wish to hear the matter and suggested that the Justices could have recused themselves earlier.