CJI impeachment: Deepak Misra to continue judicial duties
New Delhi, Apr 22 (IBNS): Chief Justice of India Deepak Misra will not recuse himself from his judicial duties and administrative works of the Supreme Court even after 64 MPs signed an impeachment motion against him, media reports said.
He reportedly has the support from a large number of senior advocates and lawyers who have campaigned against the removal motion.
On Friday, a delegation of seven opposition political parties, led by Congress leader Ghulam Nabi azad met Vice President and the Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu to discuss their proposed impeachment motion against the CJI.
The impeachment move has its genesis in the public complaint made by four senior judges of the top court- Justices Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph- that cases with far reaching consequences were assigned to selective judges.
Justice Chelameswar, who represented the four judges in an unprecedented press conference, said they had approached the CJI with a letter but failed to convince him.
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