CJI impeachment motion: Congress asks Misra to recuse himself from cases

The Congress also attacked the BJP for coming out in "defence" of the CJI

Days after seven opposition parties gave a notice for the impeachment of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, the Congress said on Sunday he “should consider recusing himself” from performing judicial and administrative work till the allegations of misconduct against him were cleared.

Congress sources also said it was considering moving the Supreme Court if Rajya Sabha Chairman, Vice-President 

M Venkaiah Naidu, rejected the impeachment notice. They said if the Upper House chairman did not find merit in the notice for the impeachment, the decision could call for a judicial review.

Sources in Naidu's office said the Rajya Sabha chairman set in