44 ex-judges condemn ‘motivated’ attempts to distort CJI’s remarks on Rohingya

Four days after a group of former judges and advocates criticised Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s remarks on the Rohingya illegally living in India, another group of 44 former judges of the Supreme Court and various high courts condemned it as “motivated attempts to distort the court’s remarks”.

Taking exception to CJI Kant’s remarks on the Rohingya, former judges, including former Delhi High Court Chief Justice AP Shah, senior advocates Rajeev Dhavan, Chander Uday Singh and Colin Gonzalves, and the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms had said his remarks dehumanised those fleeing genocidal persecution and weakened the moral authority of the judiciary.

However, former Supreme Court judges Justice Anil Dave and Justice Hemant Gupta, former Rajasthan HC Chief Justice Anil