If a judicial intervention happens in the Victoria Gowri case, it will be the very first instance of the Supreme Court on its judicial side ruling against a recommendation made by its collegium.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A special bench of the Supreme Court is set to hear on Tuesday a plea for restraining lawyer Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri from taking oath as a judge of the Madras High Court. India News | Special Bench of SC to Hear Plea to Restrain Gowri from Taking Oath as HC Judge.
In a rare move, the Supreme Court decided to hear on Tuesday a plea for restraining lawyer Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri from taking oath as a judge of the Madras High Court, soon after her appointment was notified by the Centre.
The petitioner lawyers Anna Mathew, Sudha Ramalingam and D Nagasaila in their plea referred to the alleged hate speeches made by Gowri against Muslims and Christians.
'See the ugly haste in which it has been done. The fact that this Court was hearing was brought to the notice of the Acting Chief Justice of Madras HC. And the notification at 10.35?' senior advocate Raju Ramachandran argued on behalf of the petitioners.