'Not mature, beyond limits': Ex-CJI, others slam SC judge's remarks amid SIR row
Former judges and legal experts have criticized Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan for his public remarks regarding the Election Commission's electoral roll revision process. Critics argue that his comments violate judicial propriety as the matter is currently sub judice.
Why it matters
The controversy underscores the tension between judicial activism and the principle of judicial restraint in the Indian legal system.
NEW DELHI: Former Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and other retired judges on Monday condemned Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan's remarks on the Election Commission.Gavai said that a sitting judge should not have made comments on the ongoing row over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls as the matter is sub judice before the top court."Judicial propriety would not permit him to make any comment on the matter which is sub judice before the court," Gavai told news agency PTI.Retired Delhi high court judges SN Dhingra and RS Sodhi also questioned Bhuyan's remarks.Justice Dhingra said Bhuyan's statement was "way beyond the limits of a sitting top court judge" and such comments should not be made at a public event when the issue is pending before the same court."He should have thought a thousand times before making such a statement," Dhingra said, adding that Justice Bhuyan did not…
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