Counsel debated whether coequal Houses can take divergent decisions on identical impeachment motions

Counsel argued that admission by both Houses is mandatory and questioned powers of the Deputy Chairman

The Speaker constituted a three-member committee under the Judges Inquiry Act. We explain the steps involved in the parliamentary process

His petition not only challenges the findings of the in-house committee in his case, but also the very basis of the procedure

The in-house committee set up by CJI Khanna also found evidence of cash being removed from the store room in the early hours of 15 March

The CJI’s power to recommend removal of a judge on the basis of an in-house committee’s report may be diluting the separation of powers

The answer lies in a 2014 Supreme Court case where the complainant challenged a two-judge probe committee set up by the CJ of the MP HC