Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra on Monday slammed the appointment of ex-Supreme Court decide S Abdul Nazeer as the brand new governor of Andhra Pradesh. “Yet any other SC decide appointed governor much less than 2 months after retirement. Majoritarian government doesn`t care approximately belief however how shameless are you, MiLord to simply accept it?”, Moitra tweeted.
A predominant controversy has erupted over the appointment of Justice Nazeer inside forty days of his retirement. He turned into part of the five-decide bench which determined the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi case in November 2019. He headed the bench which upheld the demonetisation pass of the Narendra Modi authorities in 2016. Justice Nazeer turned into additionally a part of a charter bench which held no similarly limit may be brought to the proper to unfastened speech beneathneath Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.
Not simply the TMC, even Congress has slammed Justice Nazeer`s appointment because the Andhra governor. Congress standard secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh shared a video on Twitter of former Union minister Arun Jaitley who turned into heard pronouncing in 2012 that pre-retirement judgments are inspired through post-retirement jobs. “Adequate evidence of this withinside the beyond 3-four years for sure,” Ramesh tweeted together with the video.
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi stated at a press conference, “One of your (BJP) tall leaders regrettably no greater with us, Arun Jaitley, on September 5, 2013 withinside the House and numerous instances out of doors said that ‘the preference of a post-retirement activity impacts pre-retirement judgements. It is a danger to the Independence of the judiciary’.”
Union regulation minister Kiren Rijiju hit lower back on the charges, pronouncing that the `entire ecosystem` turned into in complete swing. “The Whole Eco-gadget is another time in complete swing at the appointment of a Governor. They ought to higher recognize that, they are able to no greater deal with India as their non-public fiefdom. Now, India might be guided through the human beings of India as according to the provisions of the Constitution of India,” the minister tweeted.