TheSupreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed seeking recusal of ChiefJustice of India Ranjan Gogoi from hearing the Assam Detention Centres case.The petition was filed by petitioner Harsh Mander.
However,CJI Gogoi has refused to recuse himself from hearing. "Recusal is destructionof the institution. We are not recusing. We will not allow anybody to browbeatthis institution," said CJI Gogoi.
Meanwhile, the bench of the Apex Court has also removed the name of the petitioner from the record and appointed Legal Services authority as the petitioner in the case.
Notably, CJI Gogoi is shepherding the NRC process and the move to recusal of CJI is seen as an attempt to disrupt the whole NRC process which is going to be published in July 31, 2019.
The highlights of the hearing is as follows:-