[Marxistindia] Sitaram Yechury's letter to President of India
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Thu Dec 16 14:00:53 IST 2021
December 16, 2021
Press Release
We are releasing herewith the text of the letter addressed to Shri Ram Nath
Kovind, Hon'ble President of India by Shri Sitaram Yechury, General
Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) today on the misconduct by
the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Chief Justice. A copy has also
been marked to the Chief Justice of India.
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Subject : Serious misconduct on the part of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
High Court Chief Justice Shri Pankaj Mithal - seeking removal from office.
Respected Rashtrapati ji,
I am writing to bring to your notice a very serious complaint against the
Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Chief Justice Shri
Pankaj Mithal, who has violated his oath and compromised the Constitutional
Office held by him.
Shri Mithal addressed a programme organized by an organization affiliated to
the RSS on 5th December 2021 at Jammu and spoke against the Constitution of
India.
It has been widely reported in the media that Shri Mithal addressed a
seminar organized by the Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Praishad and said the
following : "Inclusion of the terms secular and socialist in the Preamble of
the Constitution had narrowed India's spiritual image". Shri Mithal is
further reported to have said : "Sometimes, we bring amendments due to our
adamancy."
Utterances against the country's Constitution by a High Court Chief Justice,
that too from a platform which preaches a particular ideology, is an
unpardonable offence, which is in violation of the oath taken by him to
carry out his constitutional functions.
Shri Mithal's conduct unbecoming of the Constitutional office of the Chief
Justice that he is holding warrants his immediate removal from the said
office. As the custodian of the Constitution, as the head of the State and
as the appointing authority of Shri Mithal, I request your good self to
immediately set in motion the process for his removal from office to uphold
the sanctity of the Constitution and independence of judiciary.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely
Sd/-
(Sitaram Yechury)
General Secretary, CPI(M)
Copy to: Shri N. V. Ramana, Hon'ble Chief Justice of India, New Delhi
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