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Justice Kurian Joseph supreme court judge days after his retirement, has spilled the beans on the unprecedented press conference that he was a part of along with three other judges, in January this year.
In an interview to Times of India, Justice Joseph has claimed that the four judges felt that former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra was being controlled from the outside and was allocating cases to judge with political bias.
During the press conference, the four judges Justice J.Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Joseph had asserted that the administration of the Apex court is “not in order” and that many “things less than desirable” have been happening.
It was also revealed that the judges have written a letter to CJI Misra, with concerns relating to assignment of matters, among other things. While acknowledging that CJI was master of the roster, the letter had asserted that this was”not recognition of any superior authority, legal or factual of the Chief Justice over his colleagues”.
He also stated to Times of India that Justice Chelameswar was the initiator of the idea of the press conference; the other judges had agreed with him that the only option left was to bring it to the notice of the nation.
Following Justice Chelameswar’s example, Justice Joseph also declared publicly that he would reject any post-retirement job offered to him.
Justice Chelameswar two years back had also opened up regarding the controversies during the tenure of ex-CJI Misra, while speaking at a lawyer’s gathering at Kochi. He criticized the manner in which the order in medical college bribery case was annulled and denied allegations that the press conference was driven by personal agenda. He also commented about the lack of transparency in collegiums meetings roster allotments.
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