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MPs slam AIIMS quota order,target ex-CJI

The order was passed by a five-judge constitution bench headed by then CJI Kabir

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The Supreme Court’s recent verdict against caste-based reservation in AIIMS faculty appointments drew sharp criticism from parliamentarians on the first day of the monsoon session,with some questioning then Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir’s decision to deliver the order on the last day of his tenure.

“Altamas Kabir,then Chief Justice of India,was going to retire. He delivered the order in the darkness of the evening,” said JD(U) MP Sharad Yadav,asking the government to bring a constitutional amendment in parliament to “nullify” the court verdict.

The order was passed by a five-judge constitution bench headed by then CJI Kabir.

“Constitution bench always does good work in matters of corruption but whenever parliament takes some steps to remove social inequality,these people always play daaon-pench (tricks) to obviate it. They always do something so that parliament does not function,” said Yadav in the Lok Sabha Monday.

Congress MP P L Punia said,“I had learnt that there was going to be a hearing in the last week and there was going to be some ghapla (scam). I appealed to the law minister that there should not be any hearing of the case in the last 10 days as arguments could not be completed and a decision could not be given. I want to know whether the future of the country will be decided by five people or by parliament,which represents the people?”

Asking the government to take steps to nullify the SC verdict,SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav said,“After the Supreme Court verdict,will deprived people remain peons? Will they remain sweepers? This is a conspiracy…”

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