After "Murderer" Remark, Centre Wants Top Court Judge Off Manipur Case ndtv.com

The centre today asked a Supreme Court bench to recuse itself from hearing the Manipur encounter cases on the grounds that one of the judges had termed certain security personnel as "murderers", thereby vitiating the proceedings. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, appearing on the behalf of the accused, said the remark has affected the morale of the country's armed forces.
A PIL pertaining to 1,528 allegedly fake encounter cases by 350 security personnel in the northeastern state from 2000 to 2012 is being heard by a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and UU Lalit. It is claimed that Justice Lokur had castigated CBI Director on July 31 with these words: "According to you, there are 14 murderers in these cases and they are loafing around Manipur freely. You have not arrested any of them. What happens to society? If somebody commits rape, what is there to recover? So you (the CBI) will allow him to roam free?"