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Kapil Sibal Calls Minister Rijiju’s Tries On Justice Varma’s Removal On In-House Report “Unconstitutional”

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Kapil Sibal said that removing Justice Verma based on an in-house report would mean indirectly taking control of the judiciary

On Tuesday, June 10, 2025, Rajya Sabha MP and Senior advocate Kapil Sibal spoke about a judicial matter. He calls the steps to remove Justice Yashwant Verma upon the basis of an in-house query report are “unconstitutional”. Sibal also calls a precedent of this manner to be a “huge danger” to judicial independence.

He said that removing Justice Verma on an in-house report would mean indirectly taking control of the judiciary.

“Kiren Rijiju is trying with the opposition parties that they should come together to remove Justice Yashwant Verma… If they do so, we will oppose that. We warn the government that any such step will be unconstitutional. Such a precedent will be a huge danger for judicial independence… It’s an indirect way of controlling the judiciary. It is dangerous to bypass the Judges’ Enquiry Act… Those who are in a higher position are fulfilling their responsibility a bit slowly,” Sibal said.

Kapil Sibal added, “On December 13, 2024, we brought an impeachment motion against the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. 55 members of the Rajya Sabha had signed on to that. It’s been around six months, and to date, the Chairman has not taken a step forward in that direction. Those who are in constitutional posts just need to verify the signatures; should it take six months?… I tell you today – 55 signed are there – two things will happen: either no action will be taken or the 5-6 signatures will be declared invalid so the motion can be rejected…”

Earlier, Kiren Rijiju, on June 4th said, “The impeachment motion against Justice Yashwant Varma is a matter related to corruption in the judiciary. So, there is no scope for any politicking. There is no scope for taking a separate political position for every party. So, we would like to have a united stand; Parliament as a whole will have to come together to discuss this matter and move forward. So, I am building consensus amongst all political parties, and I have started discussions with prominent leaders, and I will reach out to everybody…”

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