CJI Dipak Misra impeachment suicidal, hara-kiri: Top 10 law experts' quotes

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is facing an impeachment notice moved by the Congress-led Opposition, which took the step a day after the SC's verdict in the judge Loya case

The Congress-led Opposition's move to impeach Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra has been described as "unfortunate", "suicidal", and "dangerous" by several legal luminaries, including Former Chief Justice of India T S Thakur and former Delhi High Court Judge R S Sodhi. Further, constitutional experts feel the move to impeach CJI Misra "smacked of political overtones" rather than any "misbehaviour" and "misuse" of authority and might not succeed in Parliament. Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, who is examining the impeachment notice against CJI Misra, is learnt to have asked the Secretariat of the Upper House of Parliament