Presley Thomas

𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗝𝗜 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗱 Former SC judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul made a startling revelation in his forthcoming memoir, "Without Fear Or Favour'. He stated that Former CJI Chandrachud was “too deferential to the Government”. But Justice Kaul's disclosures don't stop at judicial appointments of Collegium. ▪️𝗣𝗠𝗟𝗔: Justice Kaul says that after his bench listed whether aspects of the PMLA judgment needed reconsideration, the Government regarded the development as unfavourable. The matter subsequently surfaced before another bench without Kaul being consulted. Justice Kaul significantally added that former CJI Chandrachud also advised him to find a “middle path”. 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗝𝗜 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗱'𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 - ▪️𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘆𝗮: Former CJI Chandrachud authored the unanimous 2018 judgment rejecting demands for an independent investigation into Judge B.H. Loya's death. ▪️𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗶–𝗛𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 : Former CJI Chandrachud bench refused to take the investigation away from SEBI and hand it to an SIT or CBI and found no apparent regulatory failure by SEBI. ▪️ 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘁𝗿𝗮 -𝗦𝗵𝗶𝘃 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀: The case was referred to a Constitution Bench in August 2022. The final judgment came in May 2023. The Court held the Governor's floor-test decision unjustified but did not restore the Uddhav Thackeray government. ▪️𝗖𝗘𝗖-𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘄: Parliament removed the CJI from the selection committee through the 2023 Act. The Supreme Court subsequently refused to stay that provision. Though Former CJI Chandrachud was not on the bench that did so. ▪️𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Former CJI Chandrachud was on the 3-judge bench that declined interim interference, transferred the pending cases to the Supreme Court and referred the constitutional questions to a 5-judge bench. ▪️𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀: PM Modi attending Ganesh Puja at the sitting CJI Chandrachud's residence. An episode that itself prompted former judges and lawyers to question the institutional distance between the Executive and Judiciary.