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Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi considered the advice of his late law minister before nominating Gogoi.
“Did PM Modi consider the advice of his former colleague and Law Minister and Finance Minister, Late Sh. Arun Jaitley before recommending Ex-CJI, Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha,” he asked on Twitter.
“Justice Lokur rightly summarises it -: ‘Has the last bastion fallen?’,” Surjewala said in another tweet.
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He also highlighted and shared the 2012 remarks of Jaitley on having a cooling-off period for judges to head Tribunals.
“Modiji amitshahji hamari nahi to arun Jaitley ki to sun lijiye! Did he not speak and write against post retirement largesse to judges? Do u remember,” he said citing Jaitley’s comments.
“…Courts function on faith trust perception and faith. Each has taken a bad beating today,” he said.