Since the notices were submitted, Home Minister Amit Shah, Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha J P Nadda, Speaker Birla and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, who is now in charge after Dhankhar’s resignation, have been part of deliberations over the future course of action.Dhankhar had cited the Judges (Inquiry) Act in the Rajya Sabha on Monday to assert that when notices of a motion are submitted on the same day in both the Houses of Parliament, a committee to examine the charges levelled against the judge will be constituted by the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairman.In a dramatic turn of events, he resigned later in the evening to “prioritise health care” amid clear indications that the government was miffed with him for receiving the opposition-sponsored notice and mentioning it in the House when a bipartisan notice was already moved in the Lok Sabha.With Harivansh now at the helm in the Upper House, an opposition MP who was one of the signatories to the notice said it is now up to the Chair to decide on its fate.”We have not been told anything so far,” he added.The three-member committee, the Act says, will probe “into the grounds on which the removal of a judge is prayed for.”
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