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(Remove Andhra Pradesh CM Jaganmohan Reddy from post)

Supreme Court bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul to shortly hear a plea seeking removal of @ysjagan from CM post as he made scandalising" remarks against sitting judge.

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The petitioners aver that alleging corruption and bias against judges is prohibited under the mandate of the Constitution of India as provided under Article(s) 121 and 211.
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Adv GS Mani: There are serious issues involved

Justice Kaul: What is your prayer. What are you asking.

Mani: A CM has made allegations against the judge of this court

Justice Kaul: A similar case is pending before the court. The gag order also has been vacated. Let that bench looks into it. Whatever consequences they will examine it.

Adv Mani: Let this matter be tagged with that matter

SC: Why do we need an additinal SLP?

Adv Mani: @ysjagan is not an ordinary person my lord.

Justice Kaul: what is your prayer. I am not able to understand

Justice Kaul: statement has been made undoubtedly. What is the CBI enquiry in this?

GS Mani: There are allegations against a sitting #SupremeCourt judge

SC: If you want an in house enquiry let Chief Justice take a call when a letter has been addressed to him.

Mani: Statements are in public domain

Justice Kaul: You pick up something from the newspaper and file whatever you want. This is not how this is done.

Mani: Such statements are violative of Article 121 and 124 of the Constitution of India.

Justice Kaul: We are concerned with the prayers.

Adv Mukti Singh: such statements cannot be made

SC: How does your prayer survive after gag order has been vacated

Adv Mukti Singh: In EMS Namboodripad case it was held that Chief Ministers cannot make such statement. The CM @ysjagan has a following in the state.

Justice Kaul: Do you have the number of the other matter which is pending before this Court

Adv Singh: That is a different case

SC: Just give me the diary number

SC: Upon hearing the counsel of Adv Mukti Singh's matter, let the matter be tagged with the pending plea. No notice.

(Clarification: This tagging is not for the main petition filed by Adv GS Mani)

Adv Singh's connected petition seeks an order from court so that @ysjagan does not make such statements in the future.

SC: Petitioner Adv GS Mani has made a dual prayer. A judicial probe or CBI or NIA probe has been sought on the statements made. Second prayer is about @ysjagan not be allowed to hold CM post. This is not maintainable. The first prayer is as the petitioner is not sure

SC: Petition by Adv GS Mani dismissed. Plea by Adv Mukti Singh tagged with the pending plea

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Senior Adv VK Shukla argues for another petitoner: Its a serious matter of constitutional impropriety.

SC: We have already tagged a similar prayer..how many petitions should we tag?

SC: Only aspect of concern is prayer 3 and 4. We don't want multiplicity of proceedings.

Supreme Court dismisses another connected petition.

SC: If 100 people want to assist then how can we allow 100 people to intervene. This will become an endless excercise.

Matter over

It is only this petition which has been tagged with the pending matter before the Supreme Court. This is filed by Advocate Sunil Kumar Singh. All other petitions dismissed.
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Supreme Court rejects PIL seeking probe against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy; plea to restrain CM from making such remarks survives #SupremeCourt @ysjagan @YSRCParty @AndhraPradeshCM #AndhraPradesh

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