Taking strong exception to opposition MPs’ notice for a motion to remove Justice GR Swaminathan for his judgment in the Tirupparankundram Deepam case, a group of 56 former judges of the Supreme Court and 14 high courts on Friday urged MPs to ensure that it’s nipped in the bud.

In a ‘Statement of Solidarity and Call to Protect Independence of Judiciary’, the former judges, including former SC judges — Justice Adarsh Goel and Justice Hemant Gupta — called upon MPs across party lines, members of the Bar, civil society, and citizens at large — to unequivocally denounce the move.

“This is a brazen attempt to browbeat judges who do not fall in line with the ideological and political expectations of a particular section of society. If such an attempt is permitted to proceed, it would cut at the

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