In its reasons for rejecting on February 7, the petitions seeking ex parte injunction against the swearing-in of Justice L.C. Victoria Gowri as a Judge of the Madras High Court, the Supreme Court’s.
It is no part of his duty to single out some retired judges with whose opinion he might disagree, and to issue public threats of action by law enforcement agencies against them
The letter referred to Rijiju s statement at a conclave in New Delhi on March 18 in which he had said that there were “three or four” retired judges who are part of an “anti-India” gang
On March 18, Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju had said that a few retired judges are part of an “anti-India gang” and are forcing the judiciary to play the role of an Opposition party.