Faith in judiciary is shaken after impeachment motion against CJI Misra

There have been six attempts to impeach judges of the constitutional courts. What's unique about the present crisis is that the first salvo came from the court itself

The simmering discontent among the judges and the bar at the apex judiciary has turned into a conflagration of sorts which the Supreme Court has never seen in its more than six decades of history. Few would have imagined that a letter written by four senior-most judges of the court to Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra would start the worst crisis in the constitutional history since the 1975 emergency.

The impeachment motion moved by 71 members of Parliament is before the Vice-President, who