Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit and participation in Ganesha Pooja at the residence of CJI DY Chandrachud is highly improper and an act impacting –prejudicially affecting the trust and confidence of the general public – ‘We the people of India’ in the judiciary and its independence. It’s not a state – national function like Independence Day or Republic Day celebration to join the head of political executive- Prime Minister of India and the head of the judiciary –Chief Justice of India (CJI). Its purely private religious function at the residence of CJI; it is something beyond expression of “civility”. Such incident would not happen casually without planning and initiation either from the executive- Prime Minister or the CJI.
CJI ought not to have permitted or caused such things to happen-such things which would affect the trust and confidence of the people in the judiciary and its independence. Any act impinging the independence of judiciary from within or without is anathema to the ethos of the constitution.
We express our deep-felt protest.
Dated this the 12th day September, 2024
Bikas Ranjan Bhattacharya
Senior Advocate, President
P.V. Surendranath,
Senior Advocate,
General Secretary
All India Lawyers Union (AILU)
