Ex-High Court Judges, Retired Bureaucrats And Army Veterans Ask For Recall Of SC’s Remarks In Nupur Sharma Case
India is going through a lot of crisis right now and one of the reasons is the now suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma. What did she do? Well, she made remarks on Prophet Muhammed that have led to country-wide protests. In fact, many of the Gulf countries had also called upon Indian diplomats to reprimand them for the same. Following that, the Supreme Court of India (SC) made remarks against Nupur Sharma and even called her “loose tongue”. And now, former high court judges, retired bureaucrats, and retired army veterans wrote an open letter wherein they are seeking a recall for their remarks.
On Monday, 15 ex-High Court judges and 77 retired bureaucrats and 25 retired army veterans came together to write an open letter wherein they accused SC of crossing the “lakshman rekha” while making remarks against suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
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The open letter that was issued to the SC had over 117 signatures. The group of former High Court judges, retired bureaucrats, and retired army veterans, said regarding the remarks in the Nupur Sharma case, “In the annals of judiciary, the unfortunate comments have no parallel and are indelible scar on justice system of the largest democracy. Urgent rectifications are called for as these have potentially serious consequences on democratic values and security of system of the largest democracy. Urgent rectification steps are called for as these have potentially serious consequences on democratic values and security of the country.”
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As per reports, the letter also seeks a recall of the observations made by the SC wherein it accused Nupur Sharma of having a “loose tongue” and called her the reason behind the nationwide unrest.
The open letter was signed by many well-known judges like former Bombay High Court Chief Justice Kshitij Vyas, former Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court K Sreedhar Rao, retired Delhi High Court judge SN Dhingra, and other former judges of various High Courts. Furthermore, there were 77 bureaucrats (including former Chief Secretaries, Ambassadors, and DGPs) and 25 army veterans.
First Published: July 05, 2022 8:20 PM
