Thiruvananthpuram: Former chief justice of India P. Sathasivam Thursday said there was “no controversy in my appointment” as the new Kerala governor as he had retired from the apex court four months ago. “There is no controversy at all with my appointment.
Sathasivam said, If the government had considered my appointment when I was the chief justice, then it was justified, but I retired four months ago and on my retirement day, I had said I was not going to do any business like some of my colleagues are doing. I had also declined to provide legal opinion to the corporate that had come to me.
BJP leader Sambit Patra said, Ex-CJI has impeccable integrity, knowledge of constitution and he’s not corrupt, no reason for controversy. Sathasivam had retired as the CJI in April this year and he is the first former CJI to be appointed as a Governor.
Sathasivam was on the Supreme Court bench that scrapped a second FIR against Shah in the fake case, saying it was linked to the bigger Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing case and did not need to be separate.
Commenting on the contentious issue, retired apex court judge KT Thomas had said that retired Supreme Court and high court judges should take a two-year “quarantine period” from any posts barring that of a judicial inquiry commission. Sathasivam, 65, who hails from the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu, was the 40th chief justice of India, holding office from July 2013 to April 2014.
Bureau Report
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