According to regulations in the Constitution of India, the vice president, who is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha can be removed from his office by a resolution of the Council of States passed by a majority of all the then members of the Council and agreed to by the House of the People.
Prosecutors say Smirnov had only routine business dealings with the company in 2017 and made the bribery allegations after he “expressed bias” against Joe Biden while he was a presidential candidate.
After seven lawmakers resigned from Parliament last year to assume positions in Muizzu’s administration, the opposition MDP amended standing orders so less votes are needed to impeach the President. The Attorney General’s Office filed on January 28 to suspend the amendment.
Expressing concern over the critical comments by the three ministers, Gasim urged President Muizzu to seek forgiveness from India for the indirect attacks made in the interview.
The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) parliamentary group has agreed to submit an impeachment motion against President Muizzu amid the ongoing tensions with India.
In his Facebook post, Jaitley termed the impeachment motion as “wholly misconcieved”, adding that “it was poorly drafted and lacked in substance”.
In the petition challenging the rejection of impeachment notice against the CJI by the Rajya Sabha Chairman, the two MPs claimed that the reasons given were "wholly extraneous" and not legally tenable. The matter will be heard today.
Two Congress Parliamentarians from Rajya Sabha- Pratap Singh Bajwa and Amee Harshadray Yajnik, on Monday, approached the Supreme Court challenging Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu's dismissal of the impeachment motion against CJI Dipak Misra.
In a Facebook post, Jaitley said an impeachment motion has to be filed in the rarest of rare cases where a "gross misconduct" has been indulged in by a delinquent judge during his tenure.
Naidu’s decision met with strong criticism from the Opposition, with the former Law Minister Kapil Sibal terming it as illegal and unconstitutional done in a "tearing hurry".
While the Congress accused Naidu of taking the decision in a hurry, the BJP said that the Rahul Gandhi-led party was resorting to the tactics of 'threatening' and pressurising judiciary.
Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu today rejected the notice given by Congress-led Opposition parties for the impeachment of CJI Dipak Misra citing lack of substantial merit in it.
The move comes after Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu rejected the notice given by opposition parties led by the Congress for impeachment of CJI Dipak Misra citing lack of substantial merit in it.
Here are the excerpts of the order given by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu rejecting Opposition's impeachment plea against CJI Dipak Misra:
Referring to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s remark on Opposition’s impeachment notice, Surjewala said that the “revenge petition” has now become “rescue order”.
After extensive consultations with top legal and constitutional experts, Naidu termed all five allegations made against the CJI as neither 'tenable nor admissible'.
The Congress was also trying to build up "moral pressure" on the Chief Justice of India in the hope that he would step aside from judicial duty if an impeachment motion was moved against him.
Besides the Congress, those who signed the motion include members of the Samajwadi Party, BSP, CPI-M, CPI, NCP and IUML. Nominated member K.T.S. Tulsi also signed.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday hit out at the opposition parties, saying that the impeachment notice was being used as a “weapon” by the Congress and its friends.
No Chief Justice has ever been impeached in India and any decision on the notice by the Opposition parties against the CJI is likely to be taken by the Vice President following legal consultations.
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