CJI Dipak Misra impeachment: Five judges to hear Congress plea today

Impeachment of CJI: Rajya Sabha MPs Partap Singh Bajwa and Amee Harshadray Yajnik filed petition against Venkaiah Naidu's decision to reject Opposition's impeachment motion against CJI Dipak Misra

A five-Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a plea by two Congress Rajya Sabha members against house Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu's decision to reject a notice on the impeachment motion against apex court's Chief Justice Dipak Misra.

The bench comprising Justices A.K. Sikri, Justice S.A. Bobde, Justice N.V. Ramana, Justice Arun Mishra, and Justice Adarsh Kumsar Goel will hear the matter as a first item at 10.30 a.m. The plea by two Rajya Sabha members -- Pratap Singh Bajwa and Amee Harshadray Yajnik -- was included in the supplementary list issued by the top court's Registry on