https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dafQ1duETGc 42 Former Judges Write Open Letter, Warn Against Vote Theft Allegations Premiered 17 minutes ago #ElectionCommission #GyaneshKumar #RetiredJudges A group of 42 retired judges have written an open letter in which they have warned against attempts to undermine the Election Commission and other institutions. Such attempts, they argued, will erode people's faith and when the "ballot loses meaning, the street gains it". "Unrest begins with a narrative. Anarchic and fringe elements then occupy the vacuum. Some are homegrown. Some take their cues from beyond our borders," added the strongly worded letter -- which comes amid massive protests by the Opposition against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the voter list revision. Chapter 1: Former judges support EC 0:000 secondsAll right, there is some news coming in at this moment. Ladies and gentlemen, while there was so much flutter uh after a sitting chief, after a sitting justice 0:099 seconds[music] in fact spoke about SI process and election commission, now 42 former judges has written an open letter and have warned against the attempts to 0:1717 secondsundermine the election commission and uh uh this is a strongly worded letter. 0:2121 secondsFormer judges have expressed grave concerns over a sustained campaign to undermine election commission, judiciary and other constitutional institutions. 0:2828 secondsSo while the there is this battle of narrative which is going on uh the opposition in fact going on at this moment with this protest on the other 0:3636 secondshand now these judges have come out and [music] have written the attempts to undermine the authority 0:4545 seconds[music] of the election commission put question marks on it are going to be very very dangerous. So this is the latest that is coming in at this moment 0:5252 secondseven in the uh judiciary as we see the former judges there seems to be a division of opinion you know on the 0:5959 secondswhole S exercise and what the messaging that is going on and while that was earlier seen as a boost for the 1:061 minute, 6 secondsopposition. This certainly is going to be a boost for the government and the chief election and the election commission which is going to in fact use 1:141 minute, 14 secondsthis letter uh to also show how there is support in what the exercise the entire exercise has been which of course the 1:221 minute, 22 secondsSupreme Court held election commission's right for the [music] SI exercise. So while the protests are on this letter has just been written uh open letter 1:301 minute, 30 seconds[music] has just been written uh at this moment. Let me go across to our legal correspondent Rishi who is joining us with more details on this. Trishi, who are these judges who have written this Chapter 2: Expert legal perspective 1:381 minute, 38 secondsletter and uh you know while this letter comes in uh in support of the election commission saying that there is an attempt being made to undermine 1:471 minute, 47 secondsconstitutional authorities uh there seems to be difference of opinion within the well you know other judges sitting 1:551 minute, 55 secondsand former expressing their concerns earlier. 1:591 minute, 59 secondsUh well definitely this is if you if you look at uh what the discussion has been in the last few days about the manner in which the ECI has been functioning 2:072 minutes, 7 secondsseveral questions has been raised. This is a first development that we've seen which has come in uh in support of the election commission of India where now 2:142 minutes, 14 seconds42 former judges have written an open letter basically warning against attempts to undermine election commission. What they are saying is that 2:232 minutes, 23 secondswhatever's been happening there has been a sustained campaign uh to undermine the election commission which is a constitutional body in itself and not
just that also the judiciary and other uh institutions. They have uh uh referred to the allegations of vote theft which have been raised recently through several media reports and also uh by the opposition as well uh saying that these allegations are being raised without any supporting uh evidence. Now what they said is they've addressed this letter to the people of India and they've warned uh that repeatedly 2:532 minutes, 53 secondsbranding uh any constitutional authorities and all these authorities as thieves and compromise also risks uh eroding a public trust in uh the 3:023 minutes, 2 secondsdemocracy itself. They've also given their appeals to political parties uh to media to the constitutional bodies. 3:093 minutes, 9 secondsThey've asked the political parties to contest election and to not delegitimize them. As far as the constitutional 3:173 minutes, 17 secondsbodies are concerned, including the ECI, they've basically urged them to stand firm, remain transparent, uh address their concerns, but those which are 3:253 minutes, 25 secondslegitimate with clarity and they've also asked these constitutional bodies to stay above the political play, which basically is uh an indirect uh 3:343 minutes, 34 secondssuggestion also to the ECI that they should address the legitimate concerns which are being raised with clarity, but they should stay above uh the political 3:433 minutes, 43 secondsuh fray. uh they've also highlighted that any attack on uh ECI's credibility is ultimately also an attack on the 3:503 minutes, 50 secondsinstitutions that safeguards the very basic rights that have been given to the citizens uh by the constitution but 3:573 minutes, 57 secondsdefinitely an interesting development uh as far as the last few days are concerned because this is a first for this is a first basically in the last 4:044 minutes, 4 secondsfew days we've seen former judges actually show their support to EPI and the CEC against um the allegations which have been raised and the concerns which have been raised Thank you. Chapter 3: Defense of constitutional bodies 4:184 minutes, 18 secondsUh can I also very quickly you know understand from you. Could you tell us who some of these judges those who have signary to this letter? 4:294 minutes, 29 secondsUh well we get to get more details of who are these 42 judges. Uh as far as the letter letter is concerned, they have only mentioned that these letters 4:384 minutes, 38 secondsthis letter is being written to the people of India by former judges and letter retired veterans of constitutional uh officers that called 4:464 minutes, 46 secondsthemselves concerned. Uh citizens of India stating that they despite being former judges, they still remain in service of the constitution. What 4:554 minutes, 55 secondsthey've tried to highlight the most in the entire letter is uh the importance that constitutional bodies have to play uh in a democracy. uh they said that 5:035 minutes, 3 secondsconstitutional bodies do not belong to any government. Uh they belong to uh the people of India. Therefore, questioning their credibility uh hits at the heart 5:125 minutes, 12 secondsof uh not just the constitution but also the rights of the people of the citizens of India itself. Any attack on any of these constitutional bodies which would 5:215 minutes, 21 secondsalso include uh not just judicial bodies but also the ECI in this case would basically ultimately be an attack on the institution that safeguards. Right. So in a way they have asked the people of India to see through the allegations which are being raised definitely clearly coming out in support of the election commission as far as these allegations are concerned. Okay. Right. So uh that's an important update coming in within the judiciary also for and against the entire SIR process and what this letter says that you know the polit political parties should not try and attack or undermine uh the constitutional
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42 Former Judges Write Open Letter, Warn Against Vote Theft Allegations Premiered 17 minutes ago #ElectionCommission #GyaneshKumar #RetiredJudges
A group of 42 retired judges have written an open letter in which they have warned against attempts to undermine the Election Commission and other institutions. Such attempts, they argued, will erode people's faith and when the "ballot loses meaning, the street gains it". "Unrest begins with a narrative. Anarchic and fringe elements then occupy the vacuum. Some are homegrown. Some take their cues from beyond our borders," added the strongly worded letter -- which comes amid massive protests by the Opposition against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the voter list revision.
Chapter 1: Former judges support EC
0:000 secondsAll right, there is some news coming in at this moment. Ladies and gentlemen, while there was so much flutter uh after a sitting chief, after a sitting justice
0:099 seconds[music] in fact spoke about SI process and election commission, now 42 former judges has written an open letter and have warned against the attempts to
0:1717 secondsundermine the election commission and uh uh this is a strongly worded letter.
0:2121 secondsFormer judges have expressed grave concerns over a sustained campaign to undermine election commission, judiciary and other constitutional institutions.
0:2828 secondsSo while the there is this battle of narrative which is going on uh the opposition in fact going on at this moment with this protest on the other
0:3636 secondshand now these judges have come out and [music] have written the attempts to undermine the authority
0:4545 seconds[music] of the election commission put question marks on it are going to be very very dangerous. So this is the latest that is coming in at this moment
0:5252 secondseven in the uh judiciary as we see the former judges there seems to be a division of opinion you know on the
0:5959 secondswhole S exercise and what the messaging that is going on and while that was earlier seen as a boost for the
1:061 minute, 6 secondsopposition. This certainly is going to be a boost for the government and the chief election and the election commission which is going to in fact use
1:141 minute, 14 secondsthis letter uh to also show how there is support in what the exercise the entire exercise has been which of course the
1:221 minute, 22 secondsSupreme Court held election commission's right for the [music] SI exercise. So while the protests are on this letter has just been written uh open letter
1:301 minute, 30 seconds[music] has just been written uh at this moment. Let me go across to our legal correspondent Rishi who is joining us with more details on this. Trishi, who are these judges who have written this
Chapter 2: Expert legal perspective
1:381 minute, 38 secondsletter and uh you know while this letter comes in uh in support of the election commission saying that there is an attempt being made to undermine
1:471 minute, 47 secondsconstitutional authorities uh there seems to be difference of opinion within the well you know other judges sitting
1:551 minute, 55 secondsand former expressing their concerns earlier.
1:591 minute, 59 secondsUh well definitely this is if you if you look at uh what the discussion has been in the last few days about the manner in which the ECI has been functioning
2:072 minutes, 7 secondsseveral questions has been raised. This is a first development that we've seen which has come in uh in support of the election commission of India where now
2:142 minutes, 14 seconds42 former judges have written an open letter basically warning against attempts to undermine election commission. What they are saying is that
2:232 minutes, 23 secondswhatever's been happening there has been a sustained campaign uh to undermine the election commission which is a constitutional body in itself and not
just that also the judiciary and other uh institutions. They have uh uh referred to the allegations of vote theft which have been raised recently through several media reports and also uh by the opposition as well uh saying that these allegations are being raised without any supporting uh evidence. Now what they said is they've addressed this letter to the people of India and they've warned uh that repeatedly
2:532 minutes, 53 secondsbranding uh any constitutional authorities and all these authorities as thieves and compromise also risks uh eroding a public trust in uh the
3:023 minutes, 2 secondsdemocracy itself. They've also given their appeals to political parties uh to media to the constitutional bodies.
3:093 minutes, 9 secondsThey've asked the political parties to contest election and to not delegitimize them. As far as the constitutional
3:173 minutes, 17 secondsbodies are concerned, including the ECI, they've basically urged them to stand firm, remain transparent, uh address their concerns, but those which are
3:253 minutes, 25 secondslegitimate with clarity and they've also asked these constitutional bodies to stay above the political play, which basically is uh an indirect uh
3:343 minutes, 34 secondssuggestion also to the ECI that they should address the legitimate concerns which are being raised with clarity, but they should stay above uh the political
3:433 minutes, 43 secondsuh fray. uh they've also highlighted that any attack on uh ECI's credibility is ultimately also an attack on the
3:503 minutes, 50 secondsinstitutions that safeguards the very basic rights that have been given to the citizens uh by the constitution but
3:573 minutes, 57 secondsdefinitely an interesting development uh as far as the last few days are concerned because this is a first for this is a first basically in the last
4:044 minutes, 4 secondsfew days we've seen former judges actually show their support to EPI and the CEC against um the allegations which have been raised and the concerns which have been raised Thank you.
Chapter 3: Defense of constitutional bodies
4:184 minutes, 18 secondsUh can I also very quickly you know understand from you. Could you tell us who some of these judges those who have signary to this letter?
4:294 minutes, 29 secondsUh well we get to get more details of who are these 42 judges. Uh as far as the letter letter is concerned, they have only mentioned that these letters
4:384 minutes, 38 secondsthis letter is being written to the people of India by former judges and letter retired veterans of constitutional uh officers that called
4:464 minutes, 46 secondsthemselves concerned. Uh citizens of India stating that they despite being former judges, they still remain in service of the constitution. What
4:554 minutes, 55 secondsthey've tried to highlight the most in the entire letter is uh the importance that constitutional bodies have to play uh in a democracy. uh they said that
5:035 minutes, 3 secondsconstitutional bodies do not belong to any government. Uh they belong to uh the people of India. Therefore, questioning their credibility uh hits at the heart
5:125 minutes, 12 secondsof uh not just the constitution but also the rights of the people of the citizens of India itself. Any attack on any of these constitutional bodies which would
5:215 minutes, 21 secondsalso include uh not just judicial bodies but also the ECI in this case would basically ultimately be an attack on the institution that safeguards. Right. So
in a way they have asked the people of India to see through the allegations which are being raised definitely clearly coming out in support of the election commission as far as these allegations are concerned. Okay. Right. So uh that's an important update coming in within the judiciary also for and against the entire SIR process and what this letter says that you know the polit political parties should not try and attack or undermine uh the
constitutional
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