Members of Parliament from the DMK and different opposition events have moved a movement earlier than the Lok Sabha Speaker searching for the impeachment of Madras Excessive Courtroom choose Justice GR Swaminathan.
Dated December 9, this movement has been moved searching for elimination of Justice Swaminathan below Article 217 learn with 124 of the Structure. The signatories (107) embody DMK leaders TR Baalu, A Raja, Kanimozhi and Dayanidhi Maran, Samajwadi Social gathering leaders Akhilesh Yadav and Dimple Yadav, Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Gaurav Gogoi and Manickam Tagore, NCPSP’s Supriya Sule, Shiv Sena’s (UBT) Arvind Sawant, IUML’s ET Muhammed Basheer, AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi, VCK’s Thol. Thirumavalavan, and many others.
The movement seeks impeachment of Justice Swaminathan on grounds of “misconduct”. It states that the choose’s conduct raises questions on his impartiality, transparency and secular functioning. It additional alleges “favoritism” on the a part of the choose in the direction of a senior advocate and advocates from a selected group.
The signatories additionally search elimination of Justice Swaminathan on the bottom of deciding instances based mostly on a “specific political ideology” and in opposition to secular rules of the Structure.
It’s vital that this improvement comes within the aftermath of Justice Swaminathan’s order final week allowing temple devotees to mild a lamp at a stone pillar atop the Thirupparankundram hill close to a dargah, an order the Tamil Nadu Authorities didn’t implement and has since appealed in opposition to.
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