Allahabad High Court Bar Association welcomes Centre's 'move' to impeach Justice Yashwant Verma
Prayagraj (UP) (PTI): The Allahabad High Court Bar Association has welcomed the Centre's reported move to impeach Justice Yashwant Verma and said it will increase people's trust in the judiciary.
Allahabad High Court Bar Association president Anil Tiwari told PTI on Thursday, "This move (impeachment) will increase people's trust in the judiciary. If judges become corrupt, people's trust in the court will be lost.
"It is necessary for the existence of the court that action is taken against corrupt people. Here the question is not of Justice Yashwant Verma, but the question is of the existence of the court, people's trust and democracy. If the trust in the judiciary is lost, democracy will end."
Tiwari further said, "We have appealed to the opposition parties not to do politics in this (impeachment case) and vote in favour of impeachment."
Justice Verma came into the spotlight after a huge amount of cash was allegedly found at his official bungalow in New Delhi following a fire incident.
The then Chief Justice of India Justice Sanjeev Khanna had constituted a committee of three judges to investigate the matter on March 22. On March 24, on the directions of the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court withdrew judicial work from Justice Verma.
Later, Justice Verma was transferred to the Allahabad High Court.
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SC refuses urgent hearing of plea challenging MCD notification on picking of stray dogs
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Thursday refused urgent listing of a plea challenging a notification issued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi with regard to picking up of stray dogs.
A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi declined to accord urgent hearing after a lawyer mentioned that an application has been filed in this regard.
The application submitted that MCD issued the notification despite orders having been reserved by the apex court.
The whole problem of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR is because of "inaction" of local authorities, the top court had said on August 14 while reserving its order on the interim prayer seeking a stay on the August 11 directions passed by the apex court.
A three-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria had reserved its order in the matter.
A two-judge bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan had on August 11 directed authorities in Delhi-NCR to start picking up stray dogs from all localities "at the earliest" and relocate the animals to dog shelters.
The bench had directed the authorities to immediately create dog shelters and report to it about the creation of such infrastructure within eight weeks.
It had said stray dogs would be detained in shelters and not be released on streets, colonies or public places.
The apex court had passed a slew of directions on August 11 while hearing a suo motu case initiated on July 28 over stray dog bites leading to rabies, particularly among children, in the national capital.
