Moily on Dinakaran

The final decision on whether to promote controversial Karnataka High Court Chief Justice PD Dinakaran to the Supreme Court will be based only on “hard facts and evidence”, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Thursday.

The final decision on whether to promote controversial Karnataka High Court Chief Justice PD Dinakaran to the Supreme Court will be based only on “hard facts and evidence”, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Thursday.

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“Constitutional authorities will not go by perceptions or impressions and controversies,” he told reporters, hinting that the government may not take note of the jurists’ campaign against the controversial judge. ”The matter is for the Supreme Court collegium and the government to decide.”