The Supreme Court of India today dismissed a petition that sought to restrain Justice D Y Chandrachud from taking oath on November 9 as the Chief Justice of India.
While hearing the petition, the bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice PS Narasimha termed it 바카라misconceived바카라. The petition was filed by one Mursalin Asijith Shaikh.
The allegations against Justice Chandrachud
The petition came out of a representation filed by one Rashid Khan before the President of India against Justice Chandrachud. The complaint took the social media to storms and consequently, Bar Council of India (BCI) in a statement said, 바카라Country has complete faith in Justice Chandrachud.바카라
The petition mentioned that in a case related to covid vaccination when a senior advocate appeared the bench of Justice Chandrachud allowed tagging while for a junior advocate it was not allowed.
It also pressed a grave allegation against the Justice Chandrachud saying that he himself heard a Special Leave Petition arising out of an order of Bombay High Court where his son was a counsel. Pointing out that BCI had taken note of it, the petition said, 바카라This is an admitted matter, the BCI said that learned judge was not aware that his son was appearing. It cannot be, as the order was annexed.바카라
The Response of CJI U U Lalit
Responding to it, the CJI asked whether the counsel could show that the Special Leave Petition had the annexure where the name of Justice Chandrachud바카라s son as counsel was mentioned. 바카라Show us that the order was part of the paper book?바카라 Justice Lalit asked.
The counsel as couldn바카라t manage to find the annexure asked to adjourn the case for tomorrow. CJI Lalit clarified that he agreed to hear the case today only on the ground of the urgent appeal from the counsel바카라s side. 바카라You said that you were prepared and that is why we decided to hear,바카라 he added.
Early scheduling of the case
The case was though not enlisted for today바카라s hearing, the petitioner바카라s counsel urged for urgent listing. The counsel wanted to list it tomorrow but CJI Lalit said that his bench would prefer to hear it today itself from 12.45 pm.
As the counsel couldn바카라t produce anything substantive, the apex court dismissed the case The counsel in the beginning however questioned Justice Lalit바카라s authority to hear the case as well as he recommended the name of Justice Chandrachud as the next CJI.
Justice D Y Chandrachud is known for his progressive judgements. From his verdicts on right to privacy to the latest ban on two finger tests during the investigation of rape cases, he has been an exemplary upholder of constitutional values and fundamental rights. He is going to take over as the 50th Chief Justice of India on November 9.
