Please preserve the Supreme Court:  Justice Chelameswar

Justice Jasti Chelameswar, the second most senior Supreme Court judge said the following at the unprecedented press conference on Friday afternoon :

• “There are many wise men saying many wise things in this country. We don’t want wise men saying 20 years from now that Justice Chelameswar, Gogoi, Lokur and Kurian Joseph sold their souls and didn’t do the right thing by our constitution,”
• Four of us are convinced, the democracy will not survive. We met CJI this morning, with specific request but we could not convince him. We had no choice but to communicate to the nation to take care of the institution. We place it before people of country,”
• “About a couple of months ago, four of us gave a signed letter to CJI. We wanted a particular thing to be done in a particular manner. It was done, but in such a way that it raised further questions on integrity of institution. The same thing happened this morning.
• All our efforts have failed and we are all convinced that unless this institution is not preserved, democracy can’t be protected in the country,”
• We met CJI with a specific request which unfortunately couldn’t convince him that we were right therefore, we were left with no choice except to communicate it to the nation that please take care of the institution,”