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Some History on Judiciary
1. 73 IG appoints Justice AN Ray as CJI superceding 3 senior judges of SC. JM Shelat,KS Hegde,AN Grover resign in protest.

Congress gives a statement in the parliament " It's a duty of the Govt to appoint as CJI one who is close to our philosophy and point of view".And today they talk of judicial independence!

2. 1975. Justice Jagmohan Sinha was to deliver Judgement in Rajnarayan Vs IG electoral malpractice case. He gets a call "If you indict Indira Gandhi- tell your wife not to fast this Karva Chauth." Justice Sinha calmly replied " fortunately my wife expired just two months back"

And he went on to deliver the historic judgment that became a leading light for those seeking judicial independence and the harbinger of the biggest abrogation and insult to the constitution by the Congress, the declaration of Emergency; at his peril of course!

3. 1976. Justice AN Ray pays back partially the favours done in appointing him as CJI in the case Shivkant Shukla Vs ADM Jabalpur. The bench headed by him declares the abrogation of fundamental rights during Emergency as just and rightful by a majority decision.

The only dissenting judge was Justice HR Khanna, who told his colleagues on the bench " Can you look yourself in the eye?"
The bench comprised of Justices AN Ray, HR Khanna, MH Beg, YV Chandrachud, and PN Bhagwati.All except Justice HR Khanna became CJI subsequently.

Justice Khanna was punished by Indira Gandhi and Congress for his dissent and upholding of the fundamental rights granted by the constitution, by superceding him and making Justice MH Beg the CJI!!

Justice MH Beg on retirement was made director of NATIONAL HERALD, news paper wholly owned by Congress. Regarding fraudulent acquisition of its property, both present and past president are out on bail from the court. And Justice Beg accepted the appointment!!!!

So much for the 'independence of judiciary' that RaGa and his coterie are spewing slogans about. This doesn't end here.In1980 when IG came back to power,Justice MH Beg was made Chairman of minorities commission. In 1988 he was awarded 'Padma Vibhushan' by Rajiv Gandhi.

4. 1962. Even more intriguing is case of Justice Bahrul Islam! He was Congress MP of Rajya Sabha in 62. He tried his hand at popular politics and fought, on Congress ticket, the Lok Sabha Elections and lost. He again was made a Rajya Sabha MP in 68. On Congress benches of course!

He resigned from Rajya Sabha in 72 and was appointed judge of Guvahati High Court! He retired in 1980. But after IG came back to power in 1980, he was again elevated to Justice Bahrul Islam, this time of the SC ! 9 months after his retirement from the Guwahati High Court!

IG needed to control benches as there were no of cases running in SC regarding atrocities during Emergency. He proved useful.He resigned a month before his superannuation from SC and contested for Lok Sabha from Barpeta. As elections could not be held, he was made Rajya Sabha MP

5.The party in 1993 saved the skin of Justice Ramaswamy during impeachment proceedings for corruption after 11 out of 14 charges were proved, by abstaining from voting. It was Kapil Sibbal who defended the judge on the floor of the Parliament.

6.Justice Deepak Mishra was appointed by the Congress but he is succumbing neither to inducement nor blackmail of Congress. This has rattled the CONs so they are back to their old dirty/dangerous tricks. The nation knows the truth and is watching. @MilikTailor @SeaSkipper

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