Sir — This refers to the report, “CPM wants CJI’s impeachment” (January 24). One wonders how can politicians hold Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra guilty in the infighting of the highest judiciaryIJ What were the issues raised by the four rebel judgesIJ The only issue they elaborated was of the CJI assigning cases to other judges what they termed as “selectively”.
As the head of the Supreme Court, it is the CJI’s right to allocate cases and appoint Constitutional Benches to deal with important matters of law. In accordance with Article 145 of the Constitution and the Supreme Court’s Rules of Procedure of 1966, it is the CJI who allocates work to other judges.
Any apex court judge can be impeached under Article 124 (4) of the Constitution only on grounds of misbehaviour or incapacity. Impeachment of the CJI is not a child’s play. Politicians must keep petty politics away from the internal matters of the judiciary.