(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Conspiracy against Judiciary

Topic: Conspiracy against Judiciary

Guest:

P K Malhotra, (Former Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice, GoI)
Satya Prakash, (Legal Editor, The Tribune)
Desh Ratan Nigam, (Advocate Supreme Court)

Topic Description:

The Supreme Court on Wednesday called the Directors of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Delhi Police Commissioner to look into the material furnished by lawyer Utsav Bains in support of his allegations in the framing of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi in a false sexual harassment case. A bench comprising Justice Arun Mishra, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Deepak Gupta met all the three officers in their chambers. The Apex Court asked Bains to file an additional affidavit to substantiate his allegation that three disgruntled employees of the Supreme Court conspired along with corporate lobbyists to frame sexual harassment allegations against the CJI. After the hearing, Justice Mishra dictated the order, asking for another affidavit by Bains regarding his allegations against the sacked employees. The Court also said that it will decide the issue if privilege can be claimed over the communications between Bains and the alleged conspirators. The bench also clarified that this will not affect the pending inquiry by the in-house panel. On this edition of the big picture we will analyse if there is a conspiracy against the judiciary.