After the Supreme Court ruled out an independent probe into the death of CBI Special Judge Brijmohan Harikishan Loya, the opposition have renewed their efforts for impeachment of the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.
According to a report in the Indian Express, the Opposition leaders have decided to meet the Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu on Friday afternoon.
The talk of bringing an impeachment motion against the CJI was initiated by CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury, weeks after four senior most judges of the SC addressed a press meet questioning the CJI’s conduct over allocation of cases. But, after initially moving fast on the issue, senior leaders of the Congress later said they wanted all Opposition parties on board.
Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, who played a central role in collecting signatures of MPs from several parties, will hold a meeting with the leaders of the Opposition parties to discuss the matter, sources said. According to sources, over 60 MPs have signed the petition.
As per the Judges Inquiry Act, 1968, a complaint against a judge has to be made through a resolution either by 100 members of Lok Sabha or 50 Rajya Sabha members.
The Supreme Court while rejecting all the petitions which called for an independent probe into Jude Loya’s death, said that they were ‘a veiled attempt on the judiciary’.
