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The announcement to determination a motion of impeachment against Justice G.R. Swaminathan by a conception of MPs was not lone “baseless” but besides amounted to crossing the “Lakshman Rekha” drawn betwixt 2 large pillars of ideology — the legislature and the judiciary — said designated elder advocates and advocates practising earlier the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court here.
In a memorandum submitted to the Lok Sabha Speaker, they said that the impeachment determination was thing but a nonstop effort to destabilise the judiciary successful the country. It was a “high-handed exertion of 1 of the astir bonzer provisions of the Constitution.”
They shared a transcript of the missive with the media connected Saturday (December 13, 2025). The memorandum stated that the effort by the legislature was “a brazen breach and misuse of the Constitutional powers” by a conception of MPs.
“We refrain from delving into the merits of the quality that forms the taxable substance of the projected question arsenic the aforesaid is subjudice and presently the taxable substance of entreaty proceedings earlier the higher judiciary,” it said.
Having disposed of a whopping 1,26,426 cases, including 73,505 main cases, implicit a span of 8 years (between June 2017 and November 2025), Justice Swaminathan’s enactment reflected a precocious grade of impartiality, honesty, and integrity. The memorandum said the MPs had nary religion successful the noble principles of ideology and the sanctity of the Constitution. It added that the determination amounted to impervious of sheer bigotry and vested interests opposed to the nationalist involvement and the esteemed rule of separation of powers.
The memorandum stressed that the Lok Sabha Speaker should not judge the MPs’ missive to determination the question of impeachment, arsenic Justice Swaminathan was 1 of the astir straightforward, honest, and intelligent judges of the Madras High Court. It urged the Speaker to cull the question in limine by applying the principles laid down successful Articles 124(4) and 217 of the Constitution of India, work with the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, and to uphold the majesty of law.
