CJI impeachment rejected |
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra and judges of the Supreme Court (SC) had a 20-minute-long meeting following the announcement that Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu rejected a motion to remove Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. Though a morning meeting of the CJI with SC judges is a regular affair, what isn`t regular is for the meeting to be as long as today`s one was. The usual meeting lasts no longer than five minutes. It was only after the 20-minute meeting,that all the benches started functioning today. Earlier today, Naidu rejected the Congress-led opposition parties` notice to remove the CJI saying it lacked substantial merit. "Having considered the material contained in the notice of motion and reflected upon the inputs received in my interaction with legal luminaries and constitutional experts, I am of the firm opinion that the notice of the motion does not deserve to be admitted. Accordingly I refuse to admit notice of motion," said Naidu.As many as 64 Parliamentarians (MPs) belonging to seven political parties had signed the notice for removal proceedings against the CJI. They included MPs from the Congress, the NCP, CPM, the CPI, the SP, the BSP and the Muslim League.
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