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A group of twenty-six retired judges-two former Chief Judicial Justices of India-issued a statement on August 26 with a recent statement issued by another group of retired judges, with his recent statement issued by his ‘disagreement’, who criticized the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was on his remarks on the candidate of India Block.
The statement asked the brother judges to lend their names ‘politically motivated’ statements.
Read in the latest statement of former judges
On August 26, at least 18 former judges of the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of High Courts, some activists criticized Union Home Minister Amit Shah for publicly misrepresented the Supreme Court’s decision in the Salwa Judam case.
The statement said, “It has become an predicted pattern, in which every major political development met with the statements of the same quarters. These statements are determined to explore their political favoritism under the language of judicial freedom,” the statement said.
The exercise, former judges said, “We once do a ‘great dissatisfaction’ for the institution that serves, as it projects judges as political actors.” Tuesday’s statement said, “It erases prosperity, dignity and neutrality that demands a judicial officer.”
Shah told the news agency last week Year Former Supreme Court Judge Sudarsen Reddy rejected Salwa Judam and thus “abolished the right to self-defense of the tribals.”
Some of the part of Tuesday’s statement were either nominated by political parties in the Rajya Sabha or by services to the governors after retirement.
Two former Chief Justice of India, Justice P. Satsivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi are among the 56 former judges involved in the new statement.
21st governor of Kerala
Justice Sathsivam (retired) served as the 40th Chief Justice of India from 2013 to 2014. After retiring from his judicial career, Satsivam was appointed as the 21st Governor of Kerala from 5 September 2014 to 4 September 2019.
Ranjan Gogoi, who served as the 46th Chief Justice of India from 2018 to 2019, was nominated in the Rajya Sabha by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in March 2020.
A fellow retired judge has chosen his own desire to contest elections for the office of the vice -president of India, reading in the statement, referring to the Vice President of Opposition India Block, B. Sudarsen Reddy.
“By doing so, he has stepped into the political field as a candidate supported by the opposition. After creating that option, he should defend his candidature like any other contestant in the realm of political debate. Otherwise to suggest that preventing democratic discourse and misusing the cover of judicial freedom for political convenience,” it reads.
The judges included the former chief judicials of Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Bombay and Kerala High Courts. It also includes former Judge Justice Abhijeet Gangopadhyay of Kolkata High Court, who is now BJP MP from West Bengal.
‘Participation is being painted as cottony’
Judicial freedom, former judges said, there is no threat from the criticism of a political candidate. He said, “The judiciary really tarnishes the reputation, when the former judges repeatedly said in repeated statements that the institution itself combines with a political fight,” he said, “he said,” As a result of these strategy, due to some mistake, some causes, due to some mistake, “
Large bodies of judges are being depicted as biased coterie. ,
It is neither appropriate nor healthy for the judiciary or democracy of India, the statement was read.
“Therefore we strongly tell our brother’s judges to stop their names from lending their names for politically inspired statements. Those who have chosen the path of politics, defend themselves in that realm. The judiciary’s institution should be kept above and should be kept away from such complications,” It reads.
79 -year -old Reddy, who retired from the apex court in July 2011, supported the “Naxalism” and claimed that the Left would have ended in the absence of the Salwa Judam verdict by 2020. In response to Shah’s comment, Reddy said that the decision was not of him but of the Supreme Court. He said that Shah would not have commented that he had read the entire decision.
What is Salwa Judam?
Salwa Judam was a “vigilance” group or militia formed in Chhattisgarh in 2005, which used armed tribal citizens to combat Maoism.
Shah said in the interview that Salwa Judam was formed by Adivasis who wanted education, roads and healthcare. The Union Minister said, “It was to protect them, which was dissolved by the Supreme Court.”
The July 2011 verdict written by Justice Reddy and Justice SS Nizar dissolved Salwa Judam in Bastar, Chhattisgarh to become illegal and unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court bench ruled that using tribal youth as special police officers in the fight against Maoist rebels was illegal and unconstitutional.
Under Chief Minister Raman Singh, the BJP was given a verdict while being in power in Chhattisgarh.
When is VP election?
Sudarsen Reddy will contest against NDA’s nominated, CP Radhakrishnan in the Vice Presidential election on 9 September. The election required Jagip Dhankhar resigned as Vice President on 21 July, opening a competition for his successor.
74 -year -old Dhankhar assumed office in August 2022 and served till 2027.
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