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Opposition May Move Impeachment Motion Against CJI Dipak Misra Today Leaders of various parties on Thursday held hectic parleys over moving the motion, the first one to be ever moved against a sitting chief justice. PTI Updated:April 5, 2018, 11:59 PM IST Opposition May Move Impeachment Motion Against CJI Dipak Misra Today File photo of CJI Dipak Misra. New Delhi: Leaders of opposition parties were in active discussion on Thursday over moving an impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and might move a notice for it before the Rajya Sabha chairman on Friday, the last day of the budget session. Leaders of various parties on Thursday held hectic parleys over moving the motion, the first one to be ever moved against a sitting chief justice. Top legal hands and MPs of the Congress including some former ministers held a meeting in the office of the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha on the issue. In another meeting, top Congress leaders are learnt to have discussed the issue with TMC leaders, though leaders of both the parties avoided saying anything. With only one day left for the budget session of Parliament to end, hectic parleys were also held with leaders of other opposition parties and signatures of some more MPs are being taken. It is learnt that the numbers were being reworked, as some MPs who signed earlier, their tenure ended on April 2. These include some MPs from the SP, BSP and the Congress, it is learnt. The opposition is giving final touches to the motion and it may be moved as early as Friday, a senior opposition leader said. Another opposition leader, who has signed for the motion, said there was no confusion on the impeachment motion as there are enough number of MPs who have signed. Asked about the delay, he said, "You should ask the Congress party." The sources said there was some ambiguity on the issue as some top leaders within the Congress were not comfortable moving the motion against the CJI. "The entire opposition is in discussion on the issue," said Congress spokesperson Raj Babbar, when asked at the AICC briefing in Parliament on whether an impeachment motion is being moved against the CJI. "I cannot give a reply and the way forward on the issue today as it can only be given by the leaders of various parties including the Congress," he told reporters. Asked if the motion would be moved tomorrow as only one more day is left for the session, Babbar said, "Don't treat this as one day. The government is already rattled with only one day left. There are still 38 hours left for this session." The sources add that once the impeachment motion is forwarded to the Rajya Sabha chairman, carrying signatures of at least 50 MPs of the Upper House, the chairman will examine its merits. If the chairman does not find prima facie merit in the motion, he can outright reject the same. However, if he finds merit in it, he can refer the same to a three-member committee to further examine the same, an expert handling the issue said. This will be the first time an impeachment motion against the sitting Chief Justice of India will be moved in the country's history. II. https://scroll.in/latest/874500/reading-list-eight-articles-on-the-judicial-crisis-that-has-led-to-an-impeachment-campaign 7 hours ago Updated 7 hours ago. Scroll Staff JUDICIAL SYSTEM Reading list: Eight articles on the judicial crisis that has led to an impeachment campaign The CPI(M) has been lobbying for an impeachment motion against the chief justice of India after four senior judges expressed concern over his administration. Reading list: Eight articles on the judicial crisis that has led to an impeachment campaign Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra | PTI Several Opposition parties in the country are likely to introduce an impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, reports said. On Tuesday, top Opposition leaders held a meeting to formulate their stand on the proposal, The Times of India quoted unidentified party officials as saying. Communist Party of India (Marxist) chief Sitaram Yechury has been lobbying to garner support for an impeachment motion after four senior judges of the Supreme Court – Jasti Chelameswar, Rajan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph – held an unprecedented press conference on January 12 to express concerns about the court’s functioning under Misra. Most parties, including the Congress, have been tight-lipped about their role in the impeachment motion. The Nationalist Congress Party and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) are two of the few who have gone on record to acknowledge their participation. Nationalist Congress Party leader DP Tripathi said he had signed draft petition, ANI reported. An impeachment motion requires the signatures of at least 50 members in the Upper House or 100 MPs of the Lok Sabha and must be submitted to the presiding officer of either House, who will set up a committee to examine it. Only if the committee is convinced that the motion has merit will it be debated and voted on. To pass, the motion must be supported by the majority membership of the House and not less two-thirds of the members present and voting. Here are eight articles on crisis in the Indian judiciary. 1. What happened in the Supreme Court on Friday (and what is the MCI bribery case)?: In a heated proceedings on November 10, Chief Justice Dipak Misra said a bench would be formed to hear petitions seeking independent probe into the case. 2. ‘The Supreme Court has ended as an institution’: 10 reads on November’s judicial drama: Allegations of impropriety and heated arguments gave legal commentators plenty to chew on this week. 3. Full text: ‘The Chief Justice is only the first amongst the equals – nothing more or nothing less’: Four Supreme Court judges wrote this letter to the Chief Justice of India asking him to address a crisis, but they say it has remained unanswered. 4. Chelameswar letter text: ‘Bonhomie between judiciary, government sounds death knell to democracy’: In a letter to Chief Justice Dipak Misra on March 21, Justice Chelameswar sought a full court sitting to discuss government interference in the judiciary 5. Congress considering option of moving impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Dipak Misra: A senior lawyer who the Congress consulted said the party would back the four judges who revolted on Friday. 6. The crisis in the Supreme Court will not just blow over. Staying silent is not the answer: The potential of the judges’ press conference to become the beginning of a deep introspection and structural reform seems to be withering away. 7. It isn’t just the Supreme Court that’s divided – the Bar is, too: While most of lawyers’ associations wanted the matter to be resolved internally, the solutions suggested differed. 8. As Chief Justice Dipak Misra is backed into a corner, the Indian judiciary’s authority is at stake: The Congress is moving to impeach him while Justice J Chelameswar wants a full court sitting to discuss the executive’s interference in judicial functioning. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
