Naidu rejects CJI impeachment notice; Cong to move SC challenging decision

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said Naidu acted in a "hurried manner"

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday rejected the impeachment notice given by 64 Rajya Sabha members of the Congress and six other opposition parties against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra.

Naidu said the impeachment notice lacked substantial merit. He said the allegations were neither “tenable nor admissible”, and could undermine the independence of the judiciary. Naidu, who is also the vice-president, said the issues raised were an internal matter of the judiciary. “We will certainly move a petition in the Supreme Court to challenge this order, and we are confident that when we move the petition, the