Judgment

MOHAN

( 1 ). Impelled by a desire to espouse a public cause, so the petitioner claims, this writ petition has come to be preferred. The cause relates to the motion of impeachment of Mr Justice V. Ramaswami, a Judge of this court.

( 2 ). Notice was given by 108 members of the Ninth Lok Sabha for presenting an address to the President for removal of Mr Justice V. Ramaswami. On 12/03/1991 the motion was admitted. The Committee was constituted in terms of Section 3 (2 of the Judges (Inquiry) Act. After the Committee rendered its finding the motion was to be taken up by the Members of Parliament for consideration on 10/05/1993.

( 3 ). The petitioner alleges that he served on the Speaker of the Lok Sabha a nine-page communication for circulation to the Members of the Parliament. On 8/05/1993 the Congress (1 publicly announced the members of Parliament to cast "a conscience vote" while the AIADMK party had announced that it would abstain from voting. The petitioner coming to know about the non-circulation of the petitioners papers by the Speaker, circulated the sets of the papers to the press and the other media so that the Members of Parliament might know about these papers and de