2018 Supreme Court of India crisis

The Supreme Court of India was in crisis after an interview given by Supreme Court judges Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan Lokur, and Kurian Joseph, in which they spoke against the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.[1][2]

Background

Supreme Court judges Jasti Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan Lokur and Kurian Joseph alleged against allotment of matters to benches and constituting Constitution Benches was done by the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in a way that arbitrarily ignored Senior Judges of the Court. That important cases were heard by benches headed by Dipak Misra. The judges claimed to have a written a letter to Dipak Misra for which they had not received a reply.[3][4][5][6]

Proposed impeachment of the Chief Justice of India

On 20 April 2018, seven opposition parties submitted a petition seeking impeachment of Dipak Misra to the Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, with signatures from 71 parliamentarians.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Stunning mutiny in Supreme Court ranks, 4 judges take on Chief Justice of India". The Economic Times. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Top 4 SC judges revolt against Chief Justice, question 'biased decisions'". Deccan Chronicle. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Turmoil in Supreme Court: Top developments". The Times of India. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "India Supreme Court judges: Democracy is in danger". BBC News. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Top judges angry about functioning of India's Supreme Court". Fox News. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Judges angry about functioning of India's Supreme Court". Ashok Sharma. Washington Post. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Chief Justice Dipak Misra Faces Impeachment Motion, 71 Have Signed: 10 Facts". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
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