Opp parties meet VP, give notice for impeachment of CJI


New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI): Opposition parties led by the Congress today met Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and handed over a notice for impeachment of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.

According to sources, over 60 MPs of the Rajya Sabha belonging to seven political parties gave the notice for the impeachment against the CJI.

The MPs who signed the notice belong to the Congress, the NCP, the CPI-M and CPI, the SP and the BSP.

The leaders of these parties earlier met in Parliament and gave final shape to the notice for impeachment.

After the meeting, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad confirmed that the leaders were moving the notice for impeachment against CJI.

Among those who attended the meeting in Parliament were Congress leaders Azad, Kapil Sibal and Randeep Surjewala, besides CPI's D Raja and NCP's Vandana Chavan.

Sources said the Trinamool Congress and the DMK, which were initially in favour of the impeachment against the CJI, are no longer part of it.

The impeachment notice comes a day after the Supreme Court rejected a bunch of petitions seeking an independent probe into the death of Judge B H Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case.

The SC judgement was delivered by a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India.

An impeachment motion in the Rajya Sabha has to be supported by at least 50 MPs of the Upper House, while the number of MPs supporting such a motion in the Lok Sabha is 100.

Once the notice for impeachment is submitted to the Rajya Sabha chairman, he will ascertain whether there is merit or ground for moving such a motion.

In case he finds merit, then he may form a committee to look into it, else he can reject it.

If moved, this will be the first time ever in the country's history that an impeachment would be moved against the Chief Justice of India.

  

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  • Ramesh S, Mangalore

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    Congress don’t have numbers so they won’t succeed in impeaching but if their requested accepted by V P then CJI can’t hear cases until process of impeachment finishes. so they can prevent CJI from Ayodhya verdict Aadhar verdicts Enemy property verdict. This is a big game plan. Some national media part of it by creating wrong impression about CJI. By the way CJI yesterday allowed Govt to auction Dawood property. Some may be heart broken.

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  • Kamath, Udupi/Bengaluru

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    Congress knows very well that their next hurdle after Modi is Amit Shah, so they are trying all means to fix him legally and finish him politically. Such a dangerous party, can go to any extent trying to regain power.
    It is shocking to see lot of educated folks from Udupi/Mangalore supporting such designs.

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  • Swamy, Mangalore

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    Then if Amit Shah is innocent why he is putting hurdles on this case???. It is even better for his political career if he comes out clean.

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  • rao, puttur

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    Congress has a leader who has no degree, never was a minister, never was a chief minister and never was a cabinet minister. He wants to become PM. His only qualification everybody knows. What can we expect from him except allegations after allegations?

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  • Swamy, Mangalore

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    Why are you running away from allegations instead of proving them wrong???.

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    where is chaiwala's degree. fake.

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  • Joseph F. Gonsalves, Bannur, Puttur / Mangalore

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    Citizens wanted un-biased justice from judges.

    Defense is for security supposedly defense eats the fence do we need such defense.

    This thing has never happened since independence to our nation.

    It is now happening under the cow 🐮 government.

    God save our nation.

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  • Ashok naik, Wilmington

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    its your view,, other may have other views as well.

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  • Joseph F. Gonsalves, Bannur, Puttur / Mangalore

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    Whatever my view and others views nobody raised voice against judges during congress / U.P.A., rule not even Jana Sangjor BJP.

    The truth is supreme court judges are not happy with the allocating benches.

    Accept first time in 70 years / after independence.

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  • Joseph F. Gonsalves, Bannur, Puttur / Mangalore

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    Corrected message:

    Jana Sangha

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  • Amith, USA

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    More Dangerous are Andha Bakhts , since they can't see, they may Jump in the Arabian Sea off Gujarat Coast thinking that, it is PAKODEWALAS swimming pool!!!!

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  • Swamy, Mangalore

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    Truth can not remain hidden behind chaddi. Someday chaddi has to come down to be chaddi less.

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  • Ramesh S, Mangalore

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    God save us. These parties are curse to India. Look how they tried to intimidate pressure judiciary for their political gain. They want important cases should be allotted to their judges so that they keep on doing drama until next election. These parties never thought to impeach judge who in a single hearing thrown out the lower court judgement of ten year trial of Salman khan rash driving case. But they want to impeach CJI for Lohya case!! Anyways they won’t succeed but let people know how dangerous these people are and these people are doing all these years.

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    Fekus days are numbered

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  • Sampath, India

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    Typo..fake Gandhi's days...

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  • SB, Mlore

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    We hope Venkaiah Naidu uses this application as toilet paper where it truly belongs to.

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  • sri_elder, Karkala

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    Italian mafia hell bent on destabilizing India...
    But it will not happen...

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  • Alphonso Rodrigues, Udupi/Mangalore

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    I don''t blame SG & RG as much I would blame the congressmen like MM, kapil sibbal and others who are highly educated and respected. but have became YES men of SG & RG. I don''t know what compels them to do so. MM at this age should retire and quite politics for which he is made of.

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  • Ramesh, Kasaragod

    Fri, Apr 20 2018

    Now we all know who was behind justice Chela Meshwar..

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