3mar Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Supreme Court judge U U Lalit on Monday recused himself from hearing pleas seeking action against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy for levelling allegations against the judiciary. “I have difficulties. As a lawyer, I had represented one of the parties. I will pass an order for it to be listed before a Bench without me,” Justice Lalit said, reported news agency PTI. A bench comprising justices Lalit, Vineet Saran and S Ravindra Bhat was to hear three petitions seeking various reliefs against Reddy. The pleas alleged that Reddy not only wrote a letter to Chief Justice of India (CJI) S A Bobde levelling allegations against the judiciary but also held a press conference in which false statements were made. Last week, Attorney General K K Venugopal declined a request to reconsider his decision refusing consent to initiate contempt proceedings against Jagan but said that that it is “open to the Supreme Court to take up the matter of contempt suo motu as provided by the Contempt of Courts Act” since “the very crux of the alleged contempt lies in the contents of the letter written by” Reddy to the CJI. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sc-judge-u-u-lalit-recuses-himself-from-hearing-pleas-against-andhra-cm-jagan-reddy-7053236/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3mar Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 Jaganmohan Reddy vs judges | Justice U.U. Lalit recuses from hearing pleas against Andhra CM, govt https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jaganmohan-reddy-vs-judges-justice-uu-lalit-recuses-from-hearing-pleas-against-andhra-cm-govt/article33106370.ece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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