Overview

• Sources say the government’s signature drive has surpassed the 100-member threshold in the Lok Sabha and is now courting at least 50 Rajya Sabha backers
• Congress has given in-principle approval and instructed its Lok Sabha floor managers to organise MPs to sign the impeachment notice
• Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju confirms the motion will be tabled when the Monsoon Session opens on July 21
• Independent MP Kapil Sibal insists that opposition support hinge on establishing a similar inquiry against Justice Shekhar Yadav over alleged communal remarks
• Under Articles 124 and 217 and the Judges (Inquiry) Act, removing a judge requires a two-thirds majority and specific MP endorsements, raising concerns about politicising judicial accountability