VP Naidu rejects impeachment notice against CJI Misra, Congress to move Supreme Court



Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu today rejected the unprecedented impeachment notice given by opposition parties led by the Congress against CJI Dipak Misra, saying it lacked substantial merit and that the allegations were neither "tenable nor admissible". Reacting to the development, Congress leader and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal said that they would move Supreme Court against the decision. 
The vice president in his order today held that that the allegations emerging from the present case have a serious tendency of "undermining" the independence of the judiciary. Naidu based his decision on the opinion of top legal and constitutional experts, including former secretary generals of Lok Sabha and other legal luminaries with whom he held extensive consultations. He also held the views of top legal and constitutional experts, including former chief justices and judges, before taking the decision, sources said.
Kapil Sibal later laid out Congress future game plan in a press conference. He said, " We'll certainly file a petition (in Supreme Court) against this & would want the CJI to not take any decision with respect to it, be it the listing or anything else, we;ll accept whatever SC decides". So, Congress wants CJI Misra to recuse himself from the case when it comes up in Supreme Court. Abhishek Manu Singhvi reacting on Twitter called VP Naidu's decision, " Expectedly, Sh Naidu rejected imp’ment motion. Unexpectedly, he did so within one day of returning from outstn. Hopefully, the alacrity was not intended to render infructuous calls for CJI to stop Admn work". 

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