Appointing retired CBI judge Surendra Kumar Yadav who acquitted 32 Babri accused as deputy Lokayukta-UP is not only bad optics but also murky politics. This comes after former CJI Ranjan Gogoi’s Rajya Sabha nomination. Cooling off period notwithstanding, this raises questions about partisanship and conflict of interest in the judiciary.
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