CJI
H.L. Dattu's personal remarks in praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during
an informal interaction with media has become the subject matter of a raging
controversy which has engulfed the legal fraternity.
Mr.
H.L. Dattu on Friday was quoted by some sections of the media as having said : “I had met the
Prime Minister four times and I would rate him as a good leader, a good human
being, a man with foresight who would strive for good governance.”
Reacting to the development, Senior Advocate Fali S. Nariman,
eminent jurist and one of the foremost legal luminaries in the Country, in an
e-mail response to a query from "The Hindu", labelled Chief Justice
of India H.L. Dattu’s remarks as “inappropriate and ill-advised.”
Mr. Nariman said, “My initial response to the reported comments of
the CJI in the press is that what was said at an “informal interaction” [as you
call it] is not to be publicised. But since the remarks have now been reported,
I would describe them as “inappropriate and ill-advised”: because they send the
wrong signals – especially to people looking for wrong signals!”
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