LEGAL PROCESS TO IMPEACH MEMBERS OF THE HIGHER JUDICIARY

THE IMPEACHMENT NOTICE AGAINST ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT JUDGE SHEKHAR KUMAR YADAV SAYS HE PRIMA FACIE ENGAGED IN HATE SPEECH AND INCITEMENT TO TRIGGER COMMUNAL DISHARMONY IN VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION

- NAMITA BAJPAI @Lucknow

five-judge collegium of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna recently summoned a sitting judge of the Allahabad High Court and reprimanded him for a communally loaded speech he delivered at a public event hosted by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP). Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav got an earful when he sought to present his side of the story on December 17. They said they were appalled that he failed to maintain the dignity of the constitutional post he was holding while speaking from a public platform.