New Delhi, Mar 28: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday said the party is not aware of the
issues and circumstances those have led Congress or any other party to initiate
impeachment proceedings against the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.
"We do not know much about it. What we have heard is
from the media itself. We also do not know the content of the draft that is
reportedly in circulation," Biju Janata Dal leader in Lok Sabha
Bhartruhari Mahtab told here.
His remarks come close on the heels of reported efforts being made by a section of Congress leaders in Rajya Sabha to enlist the supportof lawmakers to initiate an impeachment motion against Dipak Misra.
"I am just a signatory to the draft. It has been initiated by Congress leaders," NCP MP in Rajya Sabha Majeed Memon said.
The reported Congress move come about two months after the four senior judges accused the Chief Justice of India of putting the democracy at risk.
Calling it an “extraordinary event”, four Supreme Court judges on January 12 - Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph brought to fore the simmering differences among the country’s top Judges.
According to norms, to remove a judge, an impeachment motion needs to be initiated with the support of 50 MPs if it is introduced in the Rajya Sabha and 100 MPs if it is introduced in the Lok Sabha.
In what is said to be a related development, senior counsel Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday met Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in Parliament premises.
Among others, Chief Justice Misra is presiding over important cases including on Ram Temple at Ayodhya and polygamy.
The Supreme Court on Monday (March 28) agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the prevalent practices of polygamy and 'nikah halala'
among the Muslims and sought responses from the Centre and the law commission. UNI
His remarks come close on the heels of reported efforts being made by a section of Congress leaders in Rajya Sabha to enlist the supportof lawmakers to initiate an impeachment motion against Dipak Misra.
"I am just a signatory to the draft. It has been initiated by Congress leaders," NCP MP in Rajya Sabha Majeed Memon said.
The reported Congress move come about two months after the four senior judges accused the Chief Justice of India of putting the democracy at risk.
Calling it an “extraordinary event”, four Supreme Court judges on January 12 - Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph brought to fore the simmering differences among the country’s top Judges.
According to norms, to remove a judge, an impeachment motion needs to be initiated with the support of 50 MPs if it is introduced in the Rajya Sabha and 100 MPs if it is introduced in the Lok Sabha.
In what is said to be a related development, senior counsel Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday met Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in Parliament premises.
Among others, Chief Justice Misra is presiding over important cases including on Ram Temple at Ayodhya and polygamy.
The Supreme Court on Monday (March 28) agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the prevalent practices of polygamy and 'nikah halala'
among the Muslims and sought responses from the Centre and the law commission. UNI
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