Supreme Court Bar Association members have sought the removal of Supreme Court Bar Association President Adish Aggarwala over his letter to CJI DY Chandrachud for suo motu action against farmers in the wake of their protests.
Around 150 Supreme Court lawyers have signed a resolution which calls for a general body meeting of the Supreme Court Bar Association to discuss the removal of the president for writing the letter to the CJI without having any authority and capacity in the matter and on the letterhead of the Supreme Court Bar Association in blatant misuse of his position.
Earlier, the majority of the Executive Committee members of the SCBA had disassociated themselves from the SCBA president’s letter. Among 21 members of the Executive Committee of the SCBA, 13 members in a resolution, clarified that the SCBA President wrote the letter unilaterally without any consultation with the members of the Executive Committee.
Mentioning that the letter to the Chief Justice of India, written on the letterhead of the SCBA gives a wrong impression that it reflects the opinion of the SCBA, the respective executive members have disagreed and dissociated with the contents of the said letter.
The members asserted that the letter had been issued by the president unilaterally without any consultation with the members of the Executive Committee. The letter written on the SCBA letterhead gives an incorrect impression that the letter is written on behalf of the Supreme Court Bar Association, they added.
In the letter to the CJI, SCBA President stated that inspite of the best efforts of the Indian government to protect the interest of the farmers, some farmers are en route to the national capital from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab and are gearing up for a large-scale protest in the national capital on February 13.
The letter read that even if the farmers have genuine demands, they don’t have the right to put the general public to hardship. The president said that the Supreme Court should act suo motu and ensure that the farmers don’t create any nuisance and cause huge inconvenience to the general public. The president also suspected that the farmers’ protest could be politically motivated.