Venkaiah Naidu rejects impeachment notice against CJI

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu today rejected the notice given by opposition parties led by the Congress for an impeachment of CJI Dipak Misra citing lack of substantial merit in it, sources said. Naidu held extensive consultations with top legal and constitutional experts before taking the decision, they said. The rejection of the notice comes a day after he held the consultations with such experts to determine the maintainability of the motion. The sources said Vice President Naidu met several experts after he re-scheduled his travel plans considering the seriousness of the matter.