{"id":306522,"date":"2018-12-03T09:23:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T09:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=306522"},"modified":"2018-12-03T09:23:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T09:23:28","slug":"sc-was-not-going-in-right-direction-under-former-cji-misra-says-justice-kurian-joseph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/sc-was-not-going-in-right-direction-under-former-cji-misra-says-justice-kurian-joseph\/","title":{"rendered":"SC was not going in right direction under former CJI Misra, says Justice Kurian Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-306523 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/kurian-joseph-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/kurian-joseph-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/kurian-joseph-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/kurian-joseph-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/kurian-joseph.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In a striking revelation retired Supreme Court Judge Kurian Joseph, who demitted office as a Supreme Court judge on November 29, said that apex court was not going in the right direction under then Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Justice Joseph reportedly said, \u201cSomeone from outside was controlling the CJI, that is what we felt. So we met him, asked him, wrote to him to maintain independence and majesty of the Supreme Court. When all attempts failed, we decided to hold a press conference.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He said, &#8220;Whatever I did was very consciously, for a cause which was not targeted at any individual, but for putting in place a collective mechanism to assist the Chief Justice in running the affairs of the top court.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Several signs of external influences on the top court led Joseph along with Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi and Madan Lokur on January 12, 2018, held a press conference. During the press meet they said, \u201cUnless Supreme Court is preserved, democracy will not survive.\u201d They had alleged faulty \u201cassignment of cases\u201d and \u201csensitive cases being allotted to junior judges\u201d by Justice Misra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Justice Joseph added that there were \u201csigns of influence with regard to allocation of cases to different benches selectively, to select judges who were perceived to be politically biased.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cInstitutional system and practices need to be put in place. It will take time,\u201d Justice Joseph added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a striking revelation retired Supreme Court Judge Kurian Joseph, who demitted office as a Supreme Court judge on November 29, said that apex court was not going in the right direction under then Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra. 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