New Delhi, Apr 20: Opposition parties led by the Congress on Friday met Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and handed over a notice for the impeachment of Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra.
According to sources, over 60 Rajya Sabha MPs from seven political parties submitted the notice for the impeachment against the CJI.
The MPs who signed the notice belong to the Congress, NCP, CPM, CPI, SP and the BSP.
The leaders of these parties earlier met in Parliament and gave final shape to the notice.
After the meeting, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad confirmed that the leaders were moving the notice for impeachment against the CJI.
Among those who attended the meeting in Parliament were Congress leaders Azad, Kapil Sibal and Randeep Surjewala, besides CPI's D Raja and NCP's Vandana Chavan.
Sources said the Trinamool Congress and the DMK, which were initially in favour of the impeachment against the CJI, are no longer part of it.
The impeachment notice comes a day after the Supreme Court rejected a bunch of petitions seeking an independent probe into the death of Judge B H Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case.
The SC judgement was delivered by a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India.
An impeachment motion in the Rajya Sabha has to be supported by at least 50 MPs of the Upper House, while the number of MPs supporting such a motion in the Lok Sabha is 100.
Once the notice of impeachment is submitted to the Rajya Sabha chairman, he will ascertain whether there is merit or ground for moving such a motion.
In case he finds merit, then he may form a committee to look into it, else he can reject it.
If moved, this will be the first time ever in the country's history that an impeachment would be moved against a Chief Justice of India.
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