<p class="title rtejustify">Noted jurists Fali S Nariman and Soli Sorabjee on Monday said the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha was right in rejecting the motion of impeachment moved against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The impeachment notice was not of "sufficient gravity" and was "rightly rejected" by Naidu, Nariman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">He said the move by the Congress-led Opposition was only to demean the institution of the Supreme Court and it was not about Justice Misra.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"He (Naidu) was the only statutory authority to take that decision and, in my view, he has rightly taken the decision. The grounds raised in the impeachment notice are not of sufficient gravity," Nariman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"When you have a man like the Chief Justice of India, it (impeachment notice) has to have something that is far more important than just saying he did not do this or that. The vice president has the statutory authority and he has rightly rejected the notice," Nariman told a TV channel.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">He said the CJI, as it is, is demitting office in October or November this year. It doesn't make sense to go ahead with this motion now.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Sorabjee, however, felt the Congress-led Opposition had no chance to succeed in the Supreme Court against Naidu's decision.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The Rajya Sabha chairman has "applied his mind" after consulting legal experts on the issue, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"I don't see chances of the writ petition (challenging the Naidu's decision) succeeding," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Advocate Prashant Bhushan, who spearheaded the campaign against the CJI, said the Rajya Sabha chairman's decision is illegal and unconstitutional.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"He does not have the authority to deal with the charges of misbehaviour, it was for a three-judge panel under the Judges (Inquiry) Act to decide. The chairman was supposed to just find out if the motion has been signed by the requisite number of MPs," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi fully endorsed the decision taken by the Naidu. He said the motion relied on phrases involving "may be's" and "appear to be's".</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">Noted jurists Fali S Nariman and Soli Sorabjee on Monday said the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha was right in rejecting the motion of impeachment moved against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The impeachment notice was not of "sufficient gravity" and was "rightly rejected" by Naidu, Nariman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">He said the move by the Congress-led Opposition was only to demean the institution of the Supreme Court and it was not about Justice Misra.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"He (Naidu) was the only statutory authority to take that decision and, in my view, he has rightly taken the decision. The grounds raised in the impeachment notice are not of sufficient gravity," Nariman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"When you have a man like the Chief Justice of India, it (impeachment notice) has to have something that is far more important than just saying he did not do this or that. The vice president has the statutory authority and he has rightly rejected the notice," Nariman told a TV channel.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">He said the CJI, as it is, is demitting office in October or November this year. It doesn't make sense to go ahead with this motion now.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Sorabjee, however, felt the Congress-led Opposition had no chance to succeed in the Supreme Court against Naidu's decision.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The Rajya Sabha chairman has "applied his mind" after consulting legal experts on the issue, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"I don't see chances of the writ petition (challenging the Naidu's decision) succeeding," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Advocate Prashant Bhushan, who spearheaded the campaign against the CJI, said the Rajya Sabha chairman's decision is illegal and unconstitutional.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"He does not have the authority to deal with the charges of misbehaviour, it was for a three-judge panel under the Judges (Inquiry) Act to decide. The chairman was supposed to just find out if the motion has been signed by the requisite number of MPs," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi fully endorsed the decision taken by the Naidu. He said the motion relied on phrases involving "may be's" and "appear to be's".</p>