Lawyers express concern over political pressure on judiciary

The first question was asked by four senior judges of the Supreme Court – J. The reference is to the unprecedented 2018 press conference by Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan Lokur and Kurian Joseph – when they went public with complaints against then CJI Dipak Misra.

The so-called rebel judges had said that “things are not in order” with what they described as “the administration of the Supreme Court”, and insisted that an independent judiciary was essential for a functioning democracy. Of these four, Gogoi later became the BJP candidate as a Rajya Sabha member.

In her And helped in nurturing. Thousands of our workers and leaders gave their lives for them. We will take these institutions back from you and return them to the people of India.”

In an earlier but related post, Kharge had also written: “Modi ji, one institution after another is being ‘bullied’ into submission by you, so stop blaming the Congress party for your sins! You have been manipulated. Have mastered the art of hurting democracy and the Constitution!”