‘Openly denigrate…’: Mahua Moitra after Rijiju's view on SC, BBC's Modi series
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Openly denigrate…’: Mahua Moitra after Rijiju's view on SC, BBC's Modi series

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Monday trained her guns at Union law minister Kiren Rijiju for backing the view of a retired high court judge that the Supreme Court “hijacked” the Constitution by deciding to appoint judges itself. The TMC leader said the law minister himself is openly denigrating Supreme Court while questioning others for believing in the BBC version over the apex court judgement in the Gujarat riots. “BJP’s hypocrisy: It is perfectly ok for Law Minister to openly denigrate Supreme Court everyday, back ex- judge who says court hijacked constitution. On Sunday, Rijiju backed the view of justice RS Sodhi, a former judge of the Delhi high court, who said that the Supreme Court “hijacked” the Constitution by deciding to appoint judges itself.

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Supreme Court to hear plea to restrain from ‘censoring’ BBC documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots on February 3
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Some people consider BBC above SC in India: Kiren Rijiju on documentary critical of PM Modi
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Some people consider BBC above SC in India: Kiren Rijiju on documentary critical of PM Modi

The Hindu  

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Firstpost  

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