"You are repeatedly naming Jaitley who is not represented here. He is not a party here. Don't attribute it to a person who is not represented here," a bench comprising justices T S Thakur and F M I Kalifulla said.
The remarks were made while Srinivasan's counsel Kapil Sibal was stressing that a BCCI panel set up to probe the scam was constituted on the suggestion of Jaitley, who was of the view that the inquiry should be free from BCCI's interference.
The bench proceeded with the hearing saying "If you mention name, you have to mention the context because he is not represented."
Since the major part of the hearing today was on the issue of conflict of interest involving Srinivasan, the bench said "We have a different opinion on the conflict of interest issue. You have to lift the veil."
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Sibal was arguing that there was no finding either by the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee or the Bombay High Court against him on the conflict of interest issue.
Responding to his contentions, the bench said it was upto him to "demonstrate" that there was no conflict of interest as the question has arisen on admitted facts.
Sibal said at no point of time was Srinivasan given an opportunity either before the Mudgal Committee or the High Court to address the issue of conflict of interest.