The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking a ‘cooling off’ period of two years before any retired judge of a constitutional court can accept a.
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"If they re allowed to do this, heaven knows what else they would do!," exclaimed Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan today on the ninth day of Constitution Bench hearing in the pleas challenging.
The Calcutta High Court has observed that "judicial restraint and discipline" does not mean that even in extreme cases a Judicial Officer is not entitled to take exception against non-conforming acts.
Petition highlights how Justices (retired) Ranjan Gogoi and S. Abdul Nazeer had respectively been appointed Rajya Sabha member and Andhra Pradesh governor