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New Delhi: From backing the controversial new criminal laws to warning senior lawyers crusading against judicial independence, to praising Prime Minister Narendra Modis chhappan inch ka seena at a judicial function, Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has never missed an opportunity to root for the Centre...
Mishras endorsement of Modi at the judicial function came days after the BCI sent a letter, signed by him, to the CJI to declare 22 January a holiday for lawyers so that they could witness the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya..
These election results have proved that under the leadership of Honourable Narendra Modi ji and of Honble Amit Shah ji, our India is completely safe and protected, the press release said.. Mishra claimed there was a wave of happiness in the lawyer community and representatives of advocate associations from all corners of the country had sent a message of congratulations to the Prime Minister..
Addressing a press conference in Varanasi, Mishra said he was speaking in my capacity as a representative of 1.7 million lawyers across the country and that he was not expressing support for Modi on behalf of the Bar Council of India, which is a statutory body and cannot take a political stand...
Mishra had also signed a BCI letter that slammed former Supreme Court judge Justice J. Chelameswar for holding a press conference along with four other senior top court judges against the then Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra..
