Senior lawyer and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Vikas Singh has alleged that activists under the banner of Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) were trying to “scandalise” the judiciary by levelling false charges against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in connection with a medical college bribery case.
He has said the complainants need to be charged with criminal contempt. He also said that conversations between middlemen cannot attribute any wrongdoing on part of the judges hearing the matter.
In a letter to Justice J Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice MB Lokur, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice AK Sikri, the senior advocate, in his personal capacity, condemned CJAR’s conduct. It came two days after the CJAR had filed a complaint against them accusing the CJI of misconduct in a case related to the Prasad Education Trust.
Singh, who had represented the Medical Council of India (MCI) in these cases, said in his letter that he was “quite confident” that there was no wrongdoing by the apex court while dealing with them.
CJAR convenor and senior advocate Prashant Bhushan had held a press conference, in which he had informed that the body has handed over a complaint against the CJI to the five senior-most Supreme Court judges â Chelameswar, Gogoi, Lokur, Joseph and Sikri.
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