NEW DELHI: In a major development, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu has rejected Congress-led Oppositions’ notice to impeach Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra on Monday morning.
In an unprecedented move, leaders of Opposition parties met Naidu on Friday and handed over the notice of impeachment against the CJI bearing signatures of 64 MPs and seven former members, who recently retired.
However, while reviewing the notice, the Rajya Sabha officials had mentioned that making public the contents of a notice before it is admitted by the chair is in violation of parliamentary rules.
According to the provisions in the handbook for Rajya Sabha members, no advance publicity should be given to any notice to be taken up in the House till it is admitted by the chairman.
The move to propose impeachment notice against the CJI has led to a slugfest between the Congress and the BJP.
Naidu on Sunday set in motion the process of consultation on the impeachment notice against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and held discussions with a number of constitutional and legal experts, including Attorney General K K Venugopal, and former top law officer K Parasaran.
The vice president cut short his visit to Hyderabad and reached here to hold deliberations over the notice given by the seven opposition parties.
With agency inputs
Source: Zee News