The Rajya Sabha Chairman said all five allegations against the CJI are neither tenable nor admissible, and have a serious tendency of undermining the judiciary's independence. "They are unequivocal and nearly unanimous that the notice of motion is not a fit case for the removal of the judge... "The same does not constitute proof "beyond reasonable doubt", which is required to make out a case of "proved misbehaviour" under Article 124 (4)," said Naidu. In all, 71 Rajya Sabha MPs have signed the notice, but seven of them have retired. However, for any such motion to be moved in the Rajya Sabha, only 50 such signatures are needed.

Source: dna April 23, 2018 23:37 UTC