NEW DELHI: If Justice Yashwant Varma doesn’t resign and holds on to his argument of being “innocent”, he may earn the unenviable distinction of being the only judge to be removed through Parliament’s removal motion, with most parties pledging “unity” on the issue of corruption, of which the three-member SC panel has found him guilty.Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said most of opposition parties favoured bringing the motion of removal, which may be introduced in the monsoon session (July 21 to Aug 12).Can’t approach graft in judiciary through political prism: Rijiju Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said most of parties favoured bringing the motion of removal, which, by all accounts, may be introduced in the forthcoming monsoon session, scheduled from July 21 to Aug 12. Rijiju said Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) has sent the recommendation for the monsoon session to President Droupadi Murmu.The minister said although opposition parties would formally respond in a couple of days, he had been assured of their support and was confident of the same, as there was no scope for politicking as corruption in the judiciary could not be approached through a “political prism”.Rijiju said he would also reach out to smaller parties as govt wants all parties to “jointly” move the motion.“Govt feels the matter related to corruption is not one political party’s agenda. It is a stand of all parties to fight against the menace of corruption, whether it is the judiciary or any other space,” he said.He , however, said the decision on which House the motion would be brought in – LS or RS – would be taken based on the business of each House.According to the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, once a motion to remove a judge is admitted in any of the Houses, the Speaker or the Chairman, as the case may be, will constitute a three-member committee to investigate the grounds on which the removal has been sought.The committee will consist of the CJI or an SC judge, an HC chief justice and a “distinguished jurist”.Meanwhile, Congress said govt had announced dates for the monsoon session 47 days in advance to run away from the opposition’s demand for an immediate special session to discuss Pahalgam terror attack and Centre’s “failure” to bring the terrorists to justice, the impact of Operation Sindoor and its “blatant politicisation”.
