The Congress on Tuesday questioned the setting up of a five-judge bench to hear a petition challenging rejection of the impeachment notice against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and dismissed allegations that the plea, filed by two party MPs, was “political”.
Addressing a Press conference, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said the grand old party was for protecting the “dignity and independence” of the courts and demanded transparency in functioning of the judiciary.
The former Union Minister also said the Congress had no “personal complaint” against anyone and dismissed the “Government’s allegation” that the petition was a “political matter”.
“Which order in India cannot be challenged…We just want to say that we want to protect the dignity, independence of courts…transparency in the judicial process…so, the issue we have raised is not political, but one relating to the (developments in) courts,” Sibal said.
“It was not a judicial order, but an administrative one…the petitioners have the right to know who passed the order…we wanted a copy of the order…they (the SC) did not pass any order saying that they will give us the copy of the order or not,” Sibal said. He maintained that the petitioners intended to challenge the order of setting up of the bench.