As many as 56 former judges on Tuesday (August 26, 2025) slammed the statement of 18 former judges, who had defended the Opposition’s vice-presidential candidate B. Sudershan Reddy against Home Minister Amit Shah’s criticism, suggesting that it amounted to misusing the cover of judicial independence for political convenience.
The 50 former judges, including five of the Supreme Court, said, “These statements are determined to cloak their political partisanship under the language of judicial independence. This practice does a great disservice to the institution we once served, as it projects judges as political actors.”
