Delhi bar bodies term SC judges' presser as unfortunate
(Eds: Adding details)New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) A coordination committee of theDelhi district court bar associations today termed as"unfortunate" the presser by four seniormost judges of theSupreme Court and said it would take to the streets if thecrisis was not resolved within 10 days.
The committee of lawyers from six district courts in thenational capital passed a resolution at a meeting and saidthat an internal mechanism should be developed to settle suchdisputes in the judiciary and a judicial accountability billshould be brought in Parliament to prevent such incidents.
"We, hereby, resolve that the chief justice of Indiashould have kept his house in order and the grievances of thefour seniormost judges should have been addressed by the CJIimmediately.
"We also condemn the act of the four seniormost SupremeCourt judges. They shouldn't have brought an internal matterinto the public domain. They should have adopted other goodand healthy options like approaching the Supreme Court BarAssociation or senior advocates of Supreme Court or thePresident of India," the committee's chairman Mahavir Sharmatold a press conference.
The committee said it would hold discussions with barassociations across the country on the issue and threatened totake to the streets if the crisis was not resolved in 10 days.
"The people of India have great faith in the sacredinstitution and the faith should not be even touched by anyact of anyone and judicial discipline should have beenmaintained at any cost. The press conference was veryunfortunate.
"We, hereby, request the chief justice of India and allother judges of the Supreme Court to put their house in order.
We believe that this incident occurred in the absence of anylegal mechanism to resolve such types of disputes," thecommittee's spokesperson Neeraj said.
He said that the panel was not concerned with anypolitical party or politician and called for non-interferencein the judiciary.
New Delhi District Bar Association president SantoshMishra, however, termed the presser by the top court judges as"politically motivated""CPI leader D Raja meeting one of the four judgessuggests that the press conference was politicallymotivated...The CJI should have taken care of it much earlierand within the Supreme Court itself," she said. PTI UK PKS ABAMNL RKSSC.
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