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NT Bureau
Chennai, Oct 1:

        Union Shipping Minister T R Baalu today called upon his colleagues and MPs to think in terms of bringing in a resolution condemning judges.

        Speaking at a fast organised by the DMK-led DPA to press for speedy implementation of Sethusamudram project, Baalu said, 'the Sethu project would be implemented at any cost despite obstacles. And AICC president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Tamilnadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi will attend the inaugural function'.

        Turning the heat on judiciary, he wondered whether the courts were giving the right decisions. 'Why would there be appeals or higher benches if every judge was right?, he asked.

        In an apparent reference to the recent controversy surrounding former Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal, Baalu said that even persons in the judiciary were involved in scandals. 'There is an impeachment procedure even for judges in this regard, he pointed out.

        Endorsing similar views, the speakers from DPA allies criticised the judiciary, saying that 'it should stay within limits'.

        'The Supreme Court has been giving some strange verdicts on issues like the SSCP, 27 per cent OBC quota and other labour issues,' he said, while stressing that 'courts should stay within their limits.'

        Dravida Kazhagam president K Veeramani, in his address, criticised the 'enthusiasm' of the apex court to hear a case even on a Sunday, whereas lakhs of cases are pending across the country.