NEW DELHI: The Bar Council of India (BCI) has lashed out against Justice J Chelameswar for his "controversial" and "irrelevant" statements within the media, three days after his retirement as a Supreme Court Judge, pronouncing such feedback are vulnerable to be "deprecated" and "cannot be tolerated" by means of attorneys.
Justice Chelameswar, who demitted workplace on June 22, had disapproved of the Centre's resolution not to lift Justice KM Joseph to the Supreme Court, terming the motion as "not sustainable".
The pass judgement on, who had held an unheard of presser along with three other senior Supreme Court judges in January to highlight the litany of allegations including discrimination in allocation of instances to benches, had also stated that the credibility of the best possible judiciary was once "occasionally" in danger.
Efforts to reach Justice Chelameswar for his feedback did not frucitify.
In a commentary, BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has criticised the statements of Justice Chelameswar after he demitted workplace, and stated it was once not anticipated from a person who had held a prime publish and went against its dignity.
"Self-restraint by means of the judges of the best possible court docket seems to be a forgotten distinctive feature. They have to stop themselves from issuing statements without giving any concept to the consequences such statements may entail.
"The approach in which Justice Chelameswar went to the media and gave controversial and irrelevant statements right away upon retirement, was once not anticipated of a person preserving this type of prime publish and was once if truth be told against the respect of the publish he had held.
"Such statements and comments are liable to be deprecated. Such statements cannot be tolerated, accepted or digested by the advocates including the rest of the countrymen," the commentary, also signed by means of four other office-bearers of BCI, stated.
The commentary stated the pass judgement on had used a "controversial" phrase "bench fixing" and pointed out that there were cases in which "a handful of lawyers" had filed matters and mentioned it sooner than him and attempted to get it indexed.
The BCI stated the pass judgement on must have raised an objection at the moment but did not achieve this.
The commentary stated Justice Chelameswar "has resorted to usage of such controversial words like 'bench fixing'. Now if a handful of lawyers of the highest court filed matter/s and mentioned it before (him) and other chosen judges, and tried to get it listed, then that would have been bench fixing. Such instances have been repeated not once but on two-three occasions."
Justice Chelameswar "should have raised an objection at that point of time", but had not carried out so and "in fact accepted and agreed to hear certain matters himself which led to the beginning of a wrong practice," the BCI alleged.
It also alleged that "the fact that Justice Chelameswar met CPI leader and Rajya Sabha MP D Raja immediately after his press conference, clearly deciphers the mystery and the motive behind the controversial statements being issued" by means of him, the BCI stated.
Justice Chelameswar, who demitted workplace on June 22, had disapproved of the Centre's resolution not to lift Justice KM Joseph to the Supreme Court, terming the motion as "not sustainable".
The pass judgement on, who had held an unheard of presser along with three other senior Supreme Court judges in January to highlight the litany of allegations including discrimination in allocation of instances to benches, had also stated that the credibility of the best possible judiciary was once "occasionally" in danger.
Efforts to reach Justice Chelameswar for his feedback did not frucitify.
In a commentary, BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has criticised the statements of Justice Chelameswar after he demitted workplace, and stated it was once not anticipated from a person who had held a prime publish and went against its dignity.
"Self-restraint by means of the judges of the best possible court docket seems to be a forgotten distinctive feature. They have to stop themselves from issuing statements without giving any concept to the consequences such statements may entail.
"The approach in which Justice Chelameswar went to the media and gave controversial and irrelevant statements right away upon retirement, was once not anticipated of a person preserving this type of prime publish and was once if truth be told against the respect of the publish he had held.
"Such statements and comments are liable to be deprecated. Such statements cannot be tolerated, accepted or digested by the advocates including the rest of the countrymen," the commentary, also signed by means of four other office-bearers of BCI, stated.
The commentary stated the pass judgement on had used a "controversial" phrase "bench fixing" and pointed out that there were cases in which "a handful of lawyers" had filed matters and mentioned it sooner than him and attempted to get it indexed.
The BCI stated the pass judgement on must have raised an objection at the moment but did not achieve this.
The commentary stated Justice Chelameswar "has resorted to usage of such controversial words like 'bench fixing'. Now if a handful of lawyers of the highest court filed matter/s and mentioned it before (him) and other chosen judges, and tried to get it listed, then that would have been bench fixing. Such instances have been repeated not once but on two-three occasions."
Justice Chelameswar "should have raised an objection at that point of time", but had not carried out so and "in fact accepted and agreed to hear certain matters himself which led to the beginning of a wrong practice," the BCI alleged.
It also alleged that "the fact that Justice Chelameswar met CPI leader and Rajya Sabha MP D Raja immediately after his press conference, clearly deciphers the mystery and the motive behind the controversial statements being issued" by means of him, the BCI stated.
Bar Council of India lashes out at Justice Chelameswar for his statements after retirement
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