54 Rajya Sabha MPs against Allahabad High Court judge Justice Shekhar Yadav for a controversial speech The Indian Express has learned that the signing of at least 50 MPs last year has been confirmed in a Vishwa Hindu Parishad program last year, to carry forward the minimum, the Indian Express has learned.
As Rajya Sabha sourceSo far, only 44 of those MPs have verified their signature, as the Secretariat demanded its reactions through email and calls in March and May this year.
Out of the remaining 10, The Indian Express Six MPs were told that they had signed the notice. Three MPs could not be reached for comment and one, AAP’s Sanjeev Arora said he was busy with Ludhiana West by-Election.
Sources said the notice has not been rejected by Vice President Jagdeep Dhikar as there is no time limit to decide on the notice submitted under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968.
A minimum of 50 MPs in the Rajya Sabha or 100 in the Lok Sabha, according to one Act, is required to notice a judge to impeach a judge.
The notice was submitted by 54 MPs in December last year. Of those 54 MPs, 43 MPs responded to email or phone calls by the Secretariat to confirm their signature by 5 pm on May 23, the Indian Express learned. Of the remaining 11 MPs, at least two said that they had verified their signature on the phone on the phone on contact by the Indian Express. Sources in the Rajya Sabha on Monday confirmed that one of those MPs, Ajit Kumar Bhuyan had since verified his signature.
The MPs who did not certify their signature on May 23 were Kapil Sibal, P Chidambaram, Sushmita Dev, Sanjeev Arora, Ajit Kumar Bhuan, Jose Ke Mani, Fiaz Ahmed, Bokha Ranjan Bhattacharya, GC Chandrasekhar, Raghav Chada and Nr Alango.
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When contacted, Sibal said: “I met him several times, he never asked me about the signature.
He said that if the chairman is not able to confirm the signature, they should reject it. “So that we can go to the Supreme Court.”
Chidambaram said that he had signed the notice, but denied that he was approached by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat for verification.
GC Chandrashekhar of Congress said that he has already verified the phone. Bhuyan, an independent MP from Assam, also told the Indian Express that he had verified his signature. He said, “I was asked some 15-20 days ago whether I had signed and I confirmed that I have,” he said.
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Kerala Congress MP Jose K Mani said that he has signed the notice and will verify it soon. CPI-M MP Bokha Ranjan Bhattacharya said, “There is no doubt about my signature in the notice. I will write soon to verify the signature.”
Sushmita Dev of TMC said that she had signed notice with other MPs.
While AAP’s Sanjeev Arora said that he was busy in the by-elections in Ludhiana West, Chadha has been learned to request for a meeting with the chairman in response to the email of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat for verification. Chadha could not be reached for comment.
RJD MP Fayaz Ahmed and DMK MP NR Alango did not arrive for comments.
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Opposition MPs presented a notice on 13 December with 55 signature, handing it to Sibal, Vivek Tanha and KTS Tulsi. Sibal and the saints were among the signators. According to Rajya Sabha sources, the Secretariat found a mismatch in nine signature compared to the signature of MPs as compared to the signature of MPs. The signature of an MP, Sarfaraz Ahmed, appeared in two places, it was decided to verify all the signatures. It is believed that he had told the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, who had signed only once, took the total number of signatures up to 54.
The Rajya Sabha Secretariat then sent emails on three occasions – March 7, 13 March, March 13 and May – Asked MPs to meet the chairman about the notice and bring them with certified copies of the related documents. The Email of March 7 states that MPs were asked to be convenient to negotiate with the Chairman, Rajya Sabha “.
Out of 54, 29 MPs then verified their signatures after meeting the Speaker. Later, the Secretariat called the remaining MPs on 23 May and 14 of them also confirmed their signature. Sources said that eleven MPs could not be reached on the phone that day.
MPs were also asked to certify copies of “news articles, legal reports, YouTube videos etc.”, which they attached to their notice. The email message sent to MPs in March said, “These documents can be duly certified,” to say that the MPs made a “abusive” comment to ensure that Justice Yadav made a “abusive” comment, the email message sent to MPs in March said that it is necessary.
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On 13 February, Chairman Dhankar made a comment in the upper house that he received “55 alleged signatures” demanding the removal of Justice Shekhar Yadav of Allahabad High Court under Article 124 (4) of the Constitution.
He said, “Constitutionally the jurisdiction for the alleged subject matter, with the Chairman, Rajya Sabha and, finally, with Parliament and Honorable President,” he said. Rajya Sabha General Secretary PC Modi then apprised the Supreme Court General Secretary of the Supreme Court on 17 February.
Speaking at a VHP event on 8 December last year, Justice Yadav said: “I have no hesitation in saying that this is India … and the country will run according to the majority living in India.”
Supporting the Uniform Civil Code, he referred to the Muslim community, and said: “You have a misunderstanding that if a law (UCC) is brought, it will be against your Shariyat, your Islam and your Quran … but I want to say one more thing … Is this your personal law, your Quran, as I said, that we have said that we said that we said that we said. Pheticide was addressed. “Why are you not away then when you have the first wife … then you can keep three wives … without her consent … it’s not acceptable.
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