Slamming the move to appoint Justice P Sathasivam as Kerala Governor, Congress Tuesday wondered whether there was anything in the former CJI's "persona, functioning or decisions" that "pleased" Prime Minister Narendra Modi or BJP president Amit Shah.
Noting that Sathasivam was the first former chief justice set to be appointed as governor, Congress wanted to know from the government whether it was moving to a system where "we expect judiciary to be committed to government for political patronage post retirement".
The question comes in the view of the fact that there were several former chief justices of India in the country, including two who retired in the last one and half years but the government selected the latest to retire, party spokesperson Anand Sharma
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