Not afraid of anyone, says Rane;claims Uddhav Thackeray used unpalatable words for Shah, Adithyanath
Mumbai, Aug 25: A day after he was arrested for making controversial remarks against Uddhav Thackeray, Union minister Narayan Rane said on Wednesday even the Maharashtra chief minister had in the past used unpalatable words while referring to top BJP leaders Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath.
Speaking to reporters after securing bail from a court at Mahad in Raigad district on late Tuesday night and further relief from the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, a defiant Rane asserted he is not afraid of the ruling Shiv Sena in the state.
A former Shiv Sena chief minister, the 69-year-old politician from the Konkan region is now with the BJP.
I am not afraid of anyone and I am not backing out. My words (about "slapping" the CM) were an expression of anger against the chief minister (Thackeray) who forgot the year of India's Independence. I only told reporters what he had already said, so how can it be a crime? Rane said.
Rane made the controversial remarks on Monday after which Shiv Sena workers lodged police complaints against him in several districts. Acting on these complaints, police arrested Rane on Tuesday afternoon and produced him before the Mahad court where he was granted bail hours later.
Asked how he will criticise Maharashtra's Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance government, the BJP leader said, I will criticise using good words. Rane said Thackeray had ordered his party workers to break the jaws of people attacking the Sena Bhavan (party headquarters in Mumbai).
Thackeray had also said that Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath "should be beaten up with sandals", Rane claimed.
Uddhav Thackeray also called Union Home Minister Amit Shah shameless. He even said he was using unparliamentary words deliberately to describe Shah. What a civilised language? Rane said.
On some Shiv Sena leaders referring to his alleged crimes, Rane said, If I was a gangster according to the Sena, that party made me the chief minister. Was it OK with the party? And does it mean all Sena ministers in the current state cabinet are gangsters?" I will not sit quietly. We will use all parliamentary tools and legal powers and corner the MVA government in coming days, he said.
On some Shiv Sena MLAs issuing verbal threats, the Union minister quipped, I wonder whether they had ever killed a mouse. Asked about Shiv Sena minister Anil Parab's alleged role in his arrest, Rane said, I will lodge a complaint against him and take him to court. He can answer all the questions there.
Maharashtra BJP legislator and former minister Ashish Shelar on Wednesday demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged involvement of Parab in the arrest of Rane.
The investigation against Parab in other cases is already going on. I am going to follow up the suspicious death of Disha Salian, a former manager of actor Sushant Singh Rajpur (who had committed suicide in June 2020 after her death).
"I believe a state minister is involved in it and I will follow it up and take (the matter) to its logical end, claimed the Union minister.
Responding to a photo tweeted by Sena MP Sanjay Raut, where a tiger (Sena's symbol) is seen holding a hen (a veiled reference to him) in its jaws, Rane said, I have been advised to remain low profile till September 17. I will respond to Raut after that. He does not qualify to be an editor (Raut is executive editor of Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana'). Commenting on his 'Jan Ashirwad Yatra', the BJP's mass contact programme, he said, I will resume it from Friday and continue as per the earlier schedule. I am holding a dialogue with people through the yatra."
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CJI's advice to aspirant: Join the bar, become a lawyer, don't hanker for judicial services post
New Delhi (PTI): She came to the Supreme Court seeking a re-evaluation of her paper in the examination for joining judicial services as a magistrate. What she got instead was a rejection — and a candid confession by the Chief Justice that he too had wanted to join the judicial services in his youth but was advised by a senior judge to become a lawyer instead.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi on Friday dismissed a plea filed by Prerna Gupta, the judicial services aspirant.
As Gupta pressed her case, the CJI intervened and said, "Let me share my personal story and I hope you will go happily as we cannot allow your petition."
He recounted his time as a final-year law student in 1984 when he wanted to become a judicial officer. As per requirement, he cleared the written test and was set to appear for an interview.
Judicial services is one of the two routes to become a judge after initially joining as a magistrate in lower court and thereafter rising through the ranks to become judge in a high court and possibly the Supreme Court.
The other route is to join the Bar, which means becoming a lawyer, and after building a reputation be picked from the Bar to become a judge at a senior level.
By the time the CJI's exam results came out, he had started practising at the Punjab and Haryana High Court when he was called for the interview.
The senior-most judge on the interview panel happened to be a judge before whom he had recently argued two significant matters.
"One of the matters was Sunita Rani vs Baldev Raj, where he had allowed my appeal in a matrimonial case and set aside the decree of divorce granted by the District Judge on the ground of schizophrenia," he noted.
Before the interview could take place, the judge called the young Surya Kant to his chamber and asked, 'Do you want to become a judicial officer?'
"I said 'yes.' He immediately said, 'Get out from (my) the chamber.'"
The courtroom fell silent as the CJI Justice described his initial heartbreak.
“I came out trembling. All my dreams were shattered. I thought he had snubbed me and that my career was over,” the CJI said.
However, the story took another turn the following day and the judge summoned him again, this time offering a piece of advice that would change the trajectory of his life.
“He said, ‘If you want to become (a judge), you are welcome. But my advice is, don’t become a judicial officer. The Bar is waiting for you,’” Justice Surya Kant recalled.
The CJI said he decided to skip his interview and didn't even tell his parents at first, fearing their disappointment, and instead chose to dedicate himself to his practice as an advocate.
“Now tell me did I make a bad right or bad decision,” the CJI asked and the litigant lawyer left the court with a smile on her face despite her case being dismissed.
Encouraging the petitioner to look toward the future rather than dwelling on the re-evaluation of a single paper, Justice Surya Kant said, "The Bar has much to offer."
