CJI asks Allahabad HC for fresh report on judge’s anti-Muslim remarks, reports ‘The Indian Express’

Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has asked the Allahabad High Court to file a fresh report about the anti-Muslim remarks made by Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav in December, The Indian Express reported on Thursday.

This comes three weeks after Yadav, a judge in the High Court, was summoned by the Supreme Court for his comments at an event organised by Hindutva group Vishwa Hindu Parishad on December 8.

Yadav had said that India would be run as per the wishes of its Hindu majority. He also uttered a communal slur used for Muslims who have been circumcised and described the community as “harmful to the country”.

“They are the kind of people who do not want the country to progress and we need to be cautious of them,” Yadav, a sitting High Court judge, said. He added that India would soon adopt a Uniform Civil Code – a common set of laws governing marriage, divorce, succession and adoption for all citizens.

Yadav had on December 17 appeared before the Supreme Court Collegium headed by Khanna. The Collegium had sought an explanation for his remarks, The Indian Express reported. Khanna had also informed the full Supreme Court about the matter.

However, Yadav has not submitted an apology or an explanation, the newspaper reported.

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