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Honorary Secretary says the decision was handed ‘unanimously’ and Dave had ‘recused’
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) appears to be divided over a decision handed by its govt committee which “strongly condemned” Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy for releasing into the general public area his letter to the Chief Justice of India in opposition to apex courtroom choose, Justice N.V. Ramana.
Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, SCBA president, has conveyed to advocate Rohit Pandey, Honorary Secretary of the Association, that he is strongly opposed to the decision “on principle.”
Mr. Pandey informed Puucho News that the decision was handed “unanimously” and Mr. Dave had “recused.”
In his communication to the SCBA secretary, Mr. Dave stated it was “premature” to pass such a decision.
“The letter of the Chief Minister is addressed to Honbl’e the CJI and seeks an inquiry into allegations against a sitting Supreme Court judge. We have no idea about the truthfulness or otherwise of those allegations. Truth will emerge once the inquiry, if any is done. At this stage we would be pre-empting the inquiry,” he wrote.
He stated, “I am sure at the end of inquiry, truth will emerge and if allegations are found false, SC must initiate proceedings against the CM. Today it is premature to pass the resolution much less of the kind you all propose.”
In its decision handed on October 16, the SCBA Executive Committee had referred to Mr. Reddy’s determination to make the letter public and stated “such actions by constitutional functionaries are opposed to conventions, causing serious inroads impacting the independence of the judiciary as enshrined in the Constitution of India”.
Lawyers’ our bodies throughout the nation have voiced their objection to the discharge of Mr. Reddy’s letter to the CJI.
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