New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) A group of former Supreme Court judges, former Chief Justices of High Courts and senior High Court judges have issued a joint statement condemning a “deeply troubling” attempt to initiate impeachment proceedings against Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court.

The statement termed the move — led by certain Members of Parliament and supported by a few senior advocates — a “brazen attempt” to browbeat a sitting judge simply because his judicial reasoning does not align with the “ideological and political expectations of a particular constituency”.

The retired judges said that permitting such efforts to proceed would “cut at the very roots of our democracy and the independence of the judiciary”.

The statement added that even if the allegations cited by th

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