Why Manmohan Singh did not ink an impeachment notice for CJI Dipak Misra
Why Manmohan Singh did not ink an impeachment notice for CJI Dipak Misra
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NEW DELHI: Former Finance minister, Ex Prime Minister and senior Congress leader Dr. Manmohan Singh wasn't one of the 64 Parliamentarians who today signed the impeachment notice for the Chief Justice of India (CJI)  Dipak Misra.

In a press conference, Congress leader Kapil Sibal confirmed this news after a number of opposition parties, including the Congress, today submitted a notice for the impeachment of CJI Dipak Misra to vice president Venkaiah Naidu.

Kapil Sibal stated the party didn't involve Dr. Manmohan because of his huge political stature as former Prime Minister of the country.

"We didn't involve him, he is an ex-PM," said Sibal as quoted by TOI.

Almost 64 Parliamentarians belonging to seven political parties today signed the impeachment notice for proceedings against CJI Misra. Opposition parties include MPs from the Cong, the NCP, CPM, the CPI, the SP, the BSP and the Muslim League.

The impeachment move comes in the wake of the Supreme Court (SC) ruling of yesterday,in which it dismissed the demand for a SIT inquiry into the death of CBI judge BH Loya.

Sibal informed that the notice mentions five grounds of misconduct for the CJI's impeachment.

"Since CJI Dipak Mishra come, questions have been raised about his conduct. It showed in the January 12 press conference of four judges of Supreme Court. One concern of the four judges was memorandum of procedure was being unsettled," said congress leader Sibal after the parties submitted the impeachment notice to Naidu in the press meet in which Sibal was referring to an unusual press conference called in 12 January by four most senior SC judges.

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