National Conference leader and Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, has said he would file a notice seeking an impeachment motion against Allahabad High Court Judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav for his recent comments against Muslims at a VHP event.
Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad High Court sparked a row when he said the country would function according to the wishes of the majority in India.
Mehdi said on December 10 that he is getting support from Congress, Samajwadi Party, DMK and Trinamool Congress members in the opposition camp for the impeachment motion.
National Conference leader and Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, has said he would file a notice seeking an impeachment motion against Allahabad High Court Judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav for his recent comments against Muslims at a VHP event.
Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad High Court sparked a row when he said last week that the country would function according to the wishes of the majority in India.
Mehdi said on December 10 that he is getting support from the Congress, Samajwadi Party, DMK and Trinamool Congress members in the opposition camp for the impeachment motion.
“I move an impeachment motion in Parliament under Article 124(4) of the Constitution for the removal of this Judge namely Shekhar K Yadav, a sitting Judge of the Hon'ble High Court of Judicature, Allahabad, on based on the allegations mentioned in the notice,” Mehdi said in a post on X.
Justice Yadav delivered a lecture on the constitutional need for a uniform civil code at an event organized by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Prayagraj.
“I have no hesitation in saying that this is Hindustan, this country would function according to the wishes of the bahusankhyak living in Hindustan. This is the law. You can't say you're saying this as a Supreme Court justice. The law actually works according to the majority. Look at it in the context of the family or society…Only what benefits the well-being and happiness of the majority will be accepted,” he said at the event, according to legal news website LiveLaw.
'Support from 100 MPs'
Mehdi said he has received the support of seven members but needs 100 members to sign the notice for the impeachment motion.
“I need the signatures of a hundred members to submit this motion. . than 7 members including Asaduddin Owaisi Sahab, Shri Rajkumar Roat Hon'ble MP from Rajasthan, Shri Sudhama Prasad ji Hon'ble MP from Bihar, Jinab Mohibbullah Sahab Hon'ble MP from UP and Jinab Ziau Rahman Sahab, Hon'ble MP from UP signed it and I thank them for their support and signatures,” Ruhullah Mehdi added.
Owaisi had highlighted the HC judge's observations and said that the Constitution of India is not a majoritarian but a democratic constitution. “In a democracy, the rights of the minority are protected. As Ambedkar put it, “…just as a king has no divine right to rule, so a majority has no divine right to rule,” the Hyderabad MP said.
