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Group of 600 prominent lawyers seeks CJI help to contain attempts to undermine judiciary selectively

IndiaTimes Thursday, 28 March 2024
Prominent lawyers of the country including senior advocate Harish Salve, Manan kumar Mishra, Adish agarwala, Chetan Mittal, Pinky Anand, Hitesh Jain, Ujjwala Pawar, Uday Holla, Swaroopama Chaturvedi and about more than 600 lawyers across India have addressed the letter to the CJI expressing serious concerns against the actions of a specific interest group aiming to undermine the judiciary’s integrity.
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A group of 600 lawyers, including prominent figures like Harish Salve and Pinky Anand, has sent a letter to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, expressing grave concerns about the actions of a "vested interest group." They accuse this group of exerting pressure on the judiciary, manipulating...

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