Plea In SC Challenges Nomination Of Ex-CJI Gogoi To Rajya Sabha; Says Crosses 'Yet Another Lakshman Rekha" [Read Petition]
4 years, 9 months ago

Plea In SC Challenges Nomination Of Ex-CJI Gogoi To Rajya Sabha; Says Crosses 'Yet Another Lakshman Rekha" [Read Petition]

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A plea challenging the nomination of former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha has been filed by academician Madhu Purnima Kishwar in the Supreme court today.Averring that the faith of citizens in the Judiciary is at stake following the nomination of an EX-CJI, the petition submits that this further casts aspersions on the independence of judiciary. A plea challenging the nomination of former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha has been filed by academician Madhu Purnima Kishwar in the Supreme court today. "Because the nomination of Justice Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha crosses yet another Lakshman Rekha with regard to the independence and integrity of the judiciary. It is stated that Justice Gogoi's nomination is "befuddling" because he himself had observed that "there is a valid strong viewpoint that post retirement appointment is itself a scar on judicial independence of the judiciary".

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