Retired judges condemn 'motivated campaign’ against CJI Kant over Rohingya case

As many as 44 former judges of the Supreme Court and High Court condemned the "motivated campaign" targeting Chief Justice of India Surya Kant over his remarks in proceedings concerning Rohingya migrants.

“We the undersigned retired Judges express our strong objection to the motivated campaign targeting the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India in the wake of his remarks in proceedings concerning Rohingya migrants, including the open letter dated 5 December 2025,” the letter read.

Underlining that "disparagement of the Supreme Court is unacceptable", the statement said judicial proceedings should only be subject to fair and reasoned criticism.

"What we are witnessing, however, is not principled disagreement but an attempt to delegitimise the judiciary by mischaracterising a routine courtroom p