The Supreme Court today issued notice to the government on the forceful eviction of yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his followers from the Ramlila ground. Taking suomoto cognizance of Baba''s eviction by the government, the apex court gave the government two-weeks to respond. On Sunday, petitioner Ajay Agarwal, an advocate, approached the apex court seeking a direction to the government to issue a white paper on the entire episode leading to the eviction of Ramdev.

In the petition, Agarwal has named Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal as the respondents.

Published Date : Tuesday, 7/6/2011 2:31 PM IST