While the Supreme Court is hearing a petition seeking to include the CJI in the selection committee for Election Commission, vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday questioned how the judiciary can be involved in executive appointments
Speaking at event organised by the VHP on the subject of the UCC, Allahabad High Court Justice Yadav had urged the Muslim community to accept the law like how Hindus had accepted reforms in their personal laws.
Given the overwhelming public support for the Modi govt, left-liberals had been hoping to exploit the verdict of the Supreme Court to their advantage and paint a 'doomsday image' of the state of affairs in India.
CJI said, "The dichotomy that Article 39(b) can never include private property, then it is very artificial, because when it says material resources of community it is agnostic to the title."
600 prominent lawyers said in the letter to CJI that vested interest group attempting to pressure the Judiciary, influence the judiciary process and defame the courts based on stale political agendas and frivolous logic.