Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, himself an eminent lawyer, on Friday slammed the Congress for moving to impeach the Chief Justice of India. Jailtey described the impeachment move as an “intimidatory tactic” and “revenge petition” to target the Supreme Court after its verdict in the Judge BH loya death case exposed a “conspiracy of falsehood”.
In a hard-hitting Facebook post titled “Judge loya Death Case — The One That Almost Created a Judicial Mutiny”, Jaitley said, “My preliminary reaction to the impeachment motion filed today is clear. It is a revenge petition after the falsehood of the Congress party has been established in the Justice loya death case. It is an attempt to intimidate a Judge and send a message to other Judges that if you don’t agree with us, fifty MPs are enough for a revenge action.”