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Rijiju Questions Retired Judges’ Role as Reddy Challenges Credibility of ‘56‑Judge’ Letter

The dispute over retired judges’ political interventions has widened during the vice-presidential contest, which revived arguments around Reddy’s 2011 Salwa Judum ruling.

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Overview

  • Union minister Kiren Rijiju said retired judges should not intervene in the vice-president election and called a signature campaign against Home Minister Amit Shah inappropriate.
  • Justice B. Sudershan Reddy said some individuals named on the 56-judge statement denied signing it and suggested one or more listed names may be fictitious, with RV Raveendran cited as a denial according to reporting.
  • The 56 retired judges’ statement had criticised an earlier group of 18 former judges who called Shah’s remarks about the Salwa Judum verdict a prejudicial misinterpretation.
  • Law Commission member Hitesh Jain accused several retired judges of behaving like political activists and said their public interventions reflect partisan posturing rather than concern for systemic judicial issues.
  • Former Uttarakhand High Court judge Lok Pal Singh also disapproved of retired jurists issuing political statements, calling such actions inappropriate and a publicity stunt.