‘CJI should not make loose comments’

After the Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the legal status of Rohingyas living in India, Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee said the Chief Justice of India “shouldn’t make loose comments”. TMC MP’s comment followed Chief Justice Surya Kant’s observation in a hearing on five missing Rohingya refugees. “Do you want us to roll out a red carpet for them,” he said.

The apex court’s bench, headed by the CJI, said that Rohingyas were entering India through underground routes and then demanding rights such as food and shelter. “They enter through tunnels and demand rights like food and shelter,” the CJI observed. The bench also highlighted security concerns linked to illegal migration, especially along India’s northern borders. “We have a very sensitive border in North India. If an intruder enters illegally, do we have the obligation to keep them here?” the CJI said, highlighting the national-security side of the issue.

After CJI’s observation, the Trinamool leader declared, ‘Judges these days talk too much’. Banerjee was responding to the media at the Parliament premises. “Earlier, judges were seen talking less… they were seen talking only when delivering judgments. But now the trend has changed. Nowadays, judges talk more to increase TRPs, but they don’t deliver judgments. This is the biggest problem today,” said Banerjee, who is also a practicing lawyer. All those who have infiltrated from Bangladesh have come here with the “blessings of Union Home Minister Amit Shah,” added the TMC MP.