AG sees no govt role over CJ’s leave

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam today said the government didn't play any role whatsoever regarding the leave taken by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

"The people of the country should know that the colleague judges of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha at Appellate Division themselves didn't want to sit with him in the same apex court bench due to different allegations against him. The government had no role in it," the attorney general said, according to a news agency.

The chief state counsel said these while talking to newsmen at a press briefing held this evening at his Supreme Court office.

"Supreme Court issued a notification today as a statement given by the chief justice yesterday prior to his departure for Australia, came to its attention. All the issues were cleared by that. All the speeches and statements made by different quarters over chief justice's leave, will come to an end now. There is no scope of debate over this," Mahbubey Alam said.

"The president and law enforcement agencies know in detail about the allegations against Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. The president has handed over documental evidences to the other judges of the Appellate Division regarding 11 specific allegations against S K Sinha. The stand of the other Appellate Division judges is there in the notification issued by the Supreme Court today," he added.

The attorney general said the state didn't accept the concept of the supreme judicial council following the Appellate Division judgment over 16th amendment of the constitution and they (state side) are preparing to file a plea seeking review of the order.