During the hearing of Citizens Whistle Blower Forum's plea for SIT probe against Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (now Sammaan Capital), Senior Advocate Harish Salve and Advocate Prashant Bhushan today exchanged sharp words before the Supreme Court.

Taking objection to Salve's use of the word 'blackmailer' for the petitioner-Forum, Bhushan took a dig at Salve, saying that he had the "audacity" to make such a claim while sitting in London. The counsel highlighted that the Forum is headed by former Delhi High Court Chief Justice AP Shah, and has Professor Aruna Roy, former navy personnel, secretaries of Government of India, etc. as its trustees.

In retort, Salve said that if Bhushan is "jealous", he could also shift to London. In response to Bhushan's comment that the senior counsel

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