New Delhi: The CPI(M) on Tuesday kickstarted its efforts to rally opposition parties for bringing an impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra in Parliament.
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, who met NCP leader Tariq Anwar and rebel JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav to discuss the issue, said it was time that the legislature and the executive come together to resolve the crisis as the judiciary has been unable to address the issues raised by the four senior apex court judges.
The unprecedented development had sent shockwaves across the judiciary and polity.
Yechury on Tuesday said they were discussing bringing an impeachment motion against the CJI in the coming budget session of Parliament.
"Suggestions have come from other opposition parties that we should consider an impeachment motion. Discussions are on. So let us see. By the time the parliament session begins on January 29, something concrete will emerge. The issue is being discussed within the opposition parties. By 29 (Jan), the matter will be clear," Yechury told PTI.
"These are very grave issues which have been raised. We want the integrity and the independence of the judiciary to be established.
"And in the wake of the issues raised by the four senior judges, we had hoped that the issues will be resolved within the judiciary. Now nearly two weeks have passed, nothing seems to have happened.
"So I think the other wings of our democracy, the executives and the legislature will have to also come together to ensure the integrity and the independence of the judiciary," the Left leader said.
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