Delhi HC dismisses review plea challenging CJI Chandrachud appointment

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a review plea moved against an order dismissing a Public Interest Litigation PIL challenging the appointment of Chief Justice of India D Y ChandrachudThe Division Bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vikas Mahajan while dismissing the review plea said the petitioner is unable to show any error apparent on the face of the record The petition is accordingly dismissedThe court while dismissing the plea noted that this review petition is an appeal disguised as a review since the same does not fall within four corners of reviewLast week the Division Bench led by the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court recused from hearing a review plea and said we had passed the order dismissing this PIL it would be appropriate if the review plea is heard by some other benchEarlier Delhi High Court had termed the petition publicity interest litigation and imposed a cost of Rs One lakh on the petitioner Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari Petitioner is said to be a president of an organisation named Gram Uday FoundationPresent petition has only been filed only to gain publicity without there being any material the bench had saidAlso Read Fearless sense of independence of courts saved democracy during Emergency CJI ChandrachudThe petitioner argued that the appointment of CJI Chandrachud was made in violation of the constitutional provisions He had prayed for an immediate stay on the appointmentHe also sought an inquiry by security agencies to ascertain that the new CJI doesnt have any relations with Naxalite Christian terrorists and antinationalsOn November 9 2022 Justice DY Chanderchud was sworn in as Chief Justice of India after Justice Uday Umesh Lalit demitted officeThe senior judge of the Supreme Court of India Justice D Y Chandrachud has become the 50th head of the Judiciary of the country He will have a tenure till November 10 2024Justice Chandrachuds father Justice YV Chandrachud was the 16th Chief Justice of India serving from February 2 1978 to July 11 1985This has become the first time in the history of the judiciary that both father and son have become CJIThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever