Attack on CJI, judiciary not acceptable: SC Bar Association

NEW DELHI: Controversy triggered by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey 's statements criticising SC and CJI Sanjiv Khanna is getting heated up with SC's advocates' associations saying the attack on judiciary and its head is "unacceptable".

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) passed a resolution condemning the MP's "intemperate statement". The resolution, signed by its president Kapil Sibal , secretary Vikrant Yadav and 16 others, expressed hope that Attorney General R Venkataramani would grant consent to a petition seeking initiation of contempt of court action against the BJP MP "to protect the dignity" of SC and the CJI.

Sibal hit back at Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar who slammed his critics for questioning his remarks on a recent SC order: "The law: Neither Parliament nor the executive is supreme, the Constitution is supreme..." the Rajya Sabha MP posted on X. TNN