Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar hailed chief minister Yogi Adityanath for his religious background and blamed Muslims for communal riots in the country while passing an order in a 2010 riot case.
By Omar Rashid
New Delhi: A pan-India organisation of lawyers has written to Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud demanding action against a judge in Uttar Pradesh who, while issuing an order in the trial of a 2010 riots case, hailed chief minister Yogi Adityanath for his religious background and blamed Muslims for communal riots in the country.
In a letter to CJI Chandrachud, the All-India Lawyers’ Association for Justice (AILAJ) also requested that the unnecessary observations made by judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar in his March 5 order be expunged from the record. AILAJ said judge Diwakar’s statements and conclusions in the order were “controversial, prejudicial, bigoted and unconstitutional.”
The lawyers body also accused judge Diwakar of displaying a “sympathy for a majoritarian viewpoint”, contrary to the duty to uphold the constitution and its fundamental values, and blatantly displaying a “disregard for constitutional morality.” This could not go unpunished, said the AILAJ.
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