A Supreme Court lawyer representing one of the litigants in the Waqf Act case has written to Attorney General R Venkatramani seeking consent to initiate contempt proceedings against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey over his “grossly scandalous” remarks “aimed at lowering the dignity” of the top court.

This comes a day after Dubey launched a broadside against the Supreme Court, saying Parliament and state assemblies should be shut if the apex court had to make laws. He also took a swipe at CJI Sanjiv Khanna, holding him responsible for “civil wars” in the country.