CJI recuses himself from hearing pleas related to felling of trees in Delhi ridge
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Monday recused himself from hearing petitions on alleged illegal felling of hundreds of trees in the Ridge area of the Capital.
“One thing I would like to point out is that when I was the NALSA Chairman, I had gone to Patna with the Delhi L-G and had toured jails there. So, it will not be appropriate for me to hear the plea,” the CJI, who was sitting on the Bench with Justice Sanjay Kumar, said.
The Bench ordered the listing of the pleas before a Bench of which the CJI was not part in the week commencing November 27.
As a lawyer pointed out that there were orders passed by two other Benches, the CJI said, “We know.”
Earlier, a Bench headed by then CJI DY Chandrachud had sought a personal affidavit of Lieutenant-Governor VK Saxena in the case which also sought initiation of contempt proceedings against certain DDA officials.
