Letter to BS: Insulate the judiciary from inappropriate politics

By rejecting the impeachment notice, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu has set a safe precedent

This refers to “CJI impeachment: Naidu order on motion illegal, says Congress” (April 23). The alleged misuse of administrative powers by the Chief Justice of India (CJI), Dipak Misra to assign cases with far-reaching consequences “selectively” to junior judges and benches “of their preferences” points to outright disregard of the conventions on the allocation of judicial work and questions the integrity of the institution itself. However, instead of initiating impeachment proceedings against the CJI, the Opposition should have demanded the strengthening of the mechanism for performance evaluation of senior judiciary. By rejecting the impeachment notice, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah