As per VP Naidu, 7 of 71 signatures were by Members of Parliament (MPs) who have already retired.
Seven political parties, including Congress on Saturday approached Rajya Sabha Chairman, seeking impeachment of CJI. This came a day after Supreme Court rejected CBI probe and formation of SIT in special Judge HC Loya’s death case.
By rejecting opposition’s plea, SC held that Judge Loya died a natural death.
The incident came months after four rebel Judges of the apex court held a press conference against the CJI, citing “partial allocation of cases” as reason.
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Judge Loya case:
Special Judge HC Loya died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014 when he had gone to attend the wedding of a colleague's daughter.
A massive speculation rose after his death as he was handling several cases which put BJP President Amit Shah under scanner.