New Delhi: Speaking on the Gopal Subramanium controversy, Chief Justice of India Justice RM Lodha said on Tuesday that former Solicitor General's segregation was unilaterally done by government without his knowledge and consent.
In a statement which could be construed as expressing disappointment with the way things were handled by the BJP-led NDA government, the CJI maintained that the independence of judiciary would never be compromised, PTI reported.
The CJI was also not happy about the fact that Subramanium had gone “public with his grievances when he was abroad.”
Eminent lawyer Subramanium had opted out of being considered for appointment as SC judge after lashing out at the Modi government accusing it of ordering CBI to "scrounge" for "dirt" against him to scuttle his elevation.
Subramanium, who had assisted the Supreme Court in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case in which Amit Shah, a close aide of Prime Minister Narender Modi is now an accused, said that he was being "targeted" because of his independence and integrity.
He suggested that his role as amicus curiae, a friend of the court, in the Sohrabuddin case, could have been the reason for government opposing his elevation, although he had no direct evidence.
Subramanium, a former SG, sent a 9-page letter to the Chief Justice of India RM Lodha withdrawing his consent to be appointed as a judge saying that he did not want his elevation to be "the subject matter of any politicisation".
His name had been recommended for appointment to the Supreme Court bench by its collegium along with three others, Chief Justices of Calcutta and Odisha High Courts Arun Mishra and Adarsh Kumar Goyal respectively and senior advocate Rohinton Nariman.
With PTI inputs
First Published: Tuesday, July 01, 2014, 19:05
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