Govt officials balk at interfering in ex-CJI home row | India News

Ex-CJI D Y Chandrachud (File photograph)

With Supreme Court taking an uncommon step of asking the government to take again the official bungalow of CJI at 5, Krishna Menon Marg, officials are hopeful of the scenario checking out itself sparing them of an disagreeable job of serving eviction discover to a former CJI. Media stories quoted ex-CJI D Y Chandrachud as saying they (he & household) are set to maneuver out in a number of days.

Officials hopeful they will not must serve ex-CJI eviction discover

Amid media stories quoted ex-CJI D Y Chandrachud saying they (he & household) are set to maneuver out and it was solely a matter of some days, officials in the housing and concrete affairs ministry stated they’re hopeful that there can be no want for serving an eviction discover. Officials stated that is maybe for the primary time when the SC administration has requested it to get a bungalow vacated from a former CJI and return it to the SC housing pool for contemporary allotment.They added that for them it was a peculiar scenario for the reason that bungalow is positioned underneath the SC housing pool and it’s the apex court docket which takes a name on allotment. In a July 1 letter to the housing and concrete affairs secretary, the SC administration had identified that the time allowed for the previous CJI to vacate the official lodging had expired, and therefore, the bungalow should be vacated immediately.Sources stated SC authorities wrote to the ministry as all govt lodging, together with these meant for judges and belonging to the SC pool, fall underneath the ministry’s jurisdiction and it’s the ministry that’s answerable for finishing up any eviction. SC is in want of official lodging for 4 judges, sources stated.Rule 3B of the SC Judges Rules, 2022, permits retired CJIs to retain their bungalow for as much as six months after retirement. Justice Chandrachud, who retired as CJI in Nov 2024, has been staying there. In Dec, he wrote to his successor and former CJI Justice Sanjiv Khanna, searching for time till April 30, 2025, to retain the bungalow, and this was allowed.Again in April, he wrote to the then CJI, Khanna, searching for time till June 30, citing issue in discovering an appropriate lodging.