Name: SC judges revolt against CJI Dipak Misra: 5 crucial developments post the press conference
Uploaded: 2018-01-17T12:30:19+0000
Channel: Seemi Pasha
Description: Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, MB Lokur and Kurian Joseph had openly rebelled against the CJI last week.

Politics

&lt;p id='p_1'&gt;Post the unprecedented press conference by&amp;nbsp;four of the senior-most judges of the Supreme Court after the CJI there have been several developments that need to be closely studied and questioned.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id='p_2'&gt;To begin with, immediately after the press conference where chief justice of India Deepak Misra was accused of impropriety, he held a close door meeting with attorney general (AG) Venugopal.&amp;nbsp;The AG is the Government's chief legal adviser. Why did the chief of the Indian judiciary get into a huddle with the government's top legal adviser when he was being accused of selectively assigning cases of national importance to selective benches of its preference without any rational basis? Could the CJI not have sought legal counsel from a more objective third party?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id='p_3'&gt;Secondly, just a day after the press conference- a constitution bench comprising CJI Deepak Mishra and Justices AK Sikri, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan was set up to hear&amp;nbsp;eight important matters including Adhaar, validity of section 377, validity of adultery law under IPC and entry of women into Sabrimala shrine amongst others. What's interesting is that the 4 senior most judges after the CJI who held the press conference were left out. Is the CJI trying to send a message- we don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id='p_4'&gt;Thirdly, former judges of the Supreme Court, justice PB Sawant, justice AP Shah, justice K Chandru and justice H Suresh have written an open leader to chief justice Deepak Mishra saying that assigning important and sensitive matters to select handpicked benches headed by junior judges should not be done in an arbitrary manner. They even said that till the crisis is resolved, to restore the public's confidence in the judiciary- all important cases should be heard by a constitution bench comprising of the five of the senior-most judges of the Supreme Court.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id='p_5'&gt;Then, senior advocate Prashant Bhushan who is the convener of the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms files a complaint against Chief Justice Deepak Mishra for various allegations of misconduct and calls for an inquiry against the CJI. The plea was filed under the in-house procedure for investigating complaints against high court and Supreme Court judges. Bhushan also sends a copy of the letter to the 4 senior judges who held a press conference and Justice Sikri.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id='p_6'&gt;Last, but not the least, CJI calls a 15-minute meeting - with the 4 judges who accused him of impropriety. The letter written by Bhushan is also discussed.&lt;/p&gt;

SC judges revolt against CJI Dipak Misra: 5 crucial developments post the press conference

Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, MB Lokur and Kurian Joseph had openly rebelled against the CJI last week.