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Mahua Moitra Tells Retired Judges To Stay Quiet And Enjoy Retirement Over SIR Support
- •TMC MP Mahua Moitra launched a sharp attack on retired judges telling them to be quiet and enjoy their retirement after 42 former judges wrote an open letter defending the Election Commission and supporting the SIR.
- •The controversy erupted following an open letter by 42 retired judges who defended the Election Commission against opposition attacks and called criticism of constitutional bodies a well-thought-out political campaign.
- •Mahua Moitra criticized the former judges on social media, accusing them of remaining silent on past controversies involving the judiciary while speaking out now.
- •Opposition parties led by INDIA alliance MPs have been protesting in Delhi over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of the Delhi voter list and demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
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Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra lashed out at a group of 42 retired judges who wrote an open letter defending the Election Commission and justifying the Special Intensive Revision of the Delhi voter list. She told the retired judges to be quiet and enjoy their retirement on social media after former Chief Justice B.R. Gavai criticized Justice Ujjal Bhuyan's remarks against the SIR.
On October 4, at a university event, Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan stated that any process depriving millions of Indian citizens of their right to vote is fundamentally arbitrary and against the constitutional order. This comment was made in reference to the Special Intensive Revision of the Delhi voter list.
A group of 42 former judges addressed an open letter to the people of India defending the Election Commission and claiming that the country's constitutional institutions are being targeted by vested political interests. They asserted that criticizing institutions is a democratic right, but defaming them by using names like thieves and puppets is not, adding that voter laws empower the Commission to revise voter lists at any time.
