Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee voiced "anguish" over the happenings in the Supreme
Court today where four top judges virtually revolted against
the Chief Justice of India, saying the development made people
sad as citizens.
She also said "extreme interference" of the Centre in the
functioning of the judiciary was "dangerous" for democracy,
but did not elaborate.
"We are deeply anguished with the developments today
about the Supreme Court. What we are getting from the
statement of the four senior Hon ble Judges of Supreme Court
about the affairs of the court makes us really sad as
citizens," Banerjee, also Trinamool Congress chief, said in a
statement.
"Judiciary and the media are the pillars of democracy.
Extreme interference of central government with judiciary is
dangerous for democracy," she said.
The four judges--J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur
and Kurian Joseph--in an unprecedented move, called a press
conference where they listed out several problems, including
"selective" allocation of cases by CJI Dipak Misra.
They said the problems that afflicted the top court of
the country could destroy democracy.
PTI
