The Supreme Court today termed as very unfortunate the public statements, including those made by lawmakers, on impeachment of judges.<\/p>\n
“We are all very disturbed about it,” a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said after the counsel appearing for the petitioner raised the issue of politicians making public statements on impeachment of judges.<\/p>\n
The apex court asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to assist it to deal with the plea, which has also sought a gag on the media from reporting such statements.<\/p>\n
The development assumes significance as it comes on a day when the Congress and other opposition parties have decided to submit a notice to initiate impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. The move comes a day after the SC ruling in the CBI Judge B H Loya case.<\/p>\n
However, during today’s hearing, no reference of CJI was made during brief arguments.<\/p>\n
The apex court, while asking the top law officer of the country to assist it in the matter, posted the case for hearing on May 7.<\/p>\n
It, however, refused to pass any order gagging the media, saying it would not do this without hearing the Attorney General.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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