Allahabad HC decide S.Ok. Yadav seems earlier than SC collegium over controversy

Allahabad Excessive Court docket decide Shekhar Kumar Yadav, who gave a controversial speech at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad perform, appeared earlier than the Supreme Court docket collegium on Tuesday, 17 December, sources stated.

Based on sources, Yadav appeared earlier than the collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and was requested to place forth his model on the statements made.

The highest courtroom on 10 December took notice of reports reviews over Justice Yadav’s statements and sought a report from the Allahabad Excessive Court docket on the difficulty.

‘The Supreme Court docket has taken notice of newspaper reviews of a speech given by Mr Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, a sitting decide of the Excessive Court docket of Judicature at Allahabad. The main points and particulars have been referred to as from the excessive courtroom and the matter is into consideration,’ an official assertion had stated.

Based on the established norm, a decide towards whom a report is sought by the apex courtroom collegium on any controversial situation from the excessive courtroom involved can also be given a chance to place forth their very own model earlier than the Supreme Court docket collegium, headed by the Chief Justice of India.

At a VHP occasion on 8 December, amongst different issues, Justice Yadav stated the primary purpose of the uniform civil code was to advertise social concord, gender equality and secularism.

He was addressing a provincial conference of the authorized cell and excessive courtroom unit of the VHP on the Allahabad HC.

The next day, movies of the decide talking on provocative points, together with the regulation working in response to the bulk, have been circulated broadly on social media, prompting robust reactions from a number of quarters, together with opposition leaders who questioned his reported statements, labelling it as “hate speech”.