Opposition on signature campaign seeking impeachment of the Chief Justice
New Delhi, Mar 28 (IBNS) : Led by the Congress, several opposition parties have reportedly embarked on a signature campaign demanding an impeachment motion in Parliament against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, NDTV reports.
The parties are circulating an unprecedented petition for sacking the top judge, the reports quoted Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders as having confirmed.
NCP's Majeed Memon said 20 signatures have been collected so far. Three Congress leaders, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kapil Sibal and Ahmed Patel have reportedly signed the petition and five more signatories are from the NCP.
His colleague DP Tripathi said: "I have signed it and others are also signing it and the process is going on." The CPI-M and CPI have also signed the petition, he said.
Congress leaders said nothing on record on the move.
The Samajwadi Party said it supports the petition. "The Samajwadi Party stands with the impeachment motion, which is about bringing independence and unquestionable integrity to the judiciary," SP leader Ghanshyam Tiwari told news agency ANI.
The petition refers to allegations that sensitive cases were assigned to handpicked judges and the most-senior judges were ignored; the allegations were raised in January by the four top judges of the Supreme Court after the Chief Justice.
To move an impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of India, signatures of 100 MPs are needed in Lok Sabha. In Rajya Sabha, signatures of 50 members are required.
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