Kerala Congress tenders apology to CJI:Posted earlier on social media, saying Chief Justice should resign if he cannot manage system

The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has tendered an unconditional apology to Chief Justice of India Justice Suryakant. The apology was issued over a controversial post published on the official X account of the Congress’s Kerala unit. KPCC president Sunny Joseph tendered the apology in response to a legal notice. The Keralam Congress had posted on X on 19 October, saying, “If maintaining law and order does not fall within your jurisdiction, resign right now. We will bring in someone who can handle it in your place.” However, the post was deleted a few hours later. Congress itself had criticised it After the post was deleted, Congress MP Pawan Khera said, “Whoever did this, we completely disagree with this stance. It is completely wrong. We have full faith in the country’s judiciary and respect the Supreme Court. That is why, because of our faith in the judiciary, we approached the Supreme Court and presented our case there.” BJP had said – Congress is insulting constitutional institutions The BJP criticised the Congress over the post. BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari alleged that the Congress was insulting the judiciary and constitutional institutions. Supreme Court Bar Association had also raised objections The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) condemned the post, saying that comments of this nature undermine the dignity of the judiciary and amount to interference in the judicial process. The association appealed to people to uphold the dignity and decorum of the Supreme Court. Chief Justice had refused to meet the Opposition Chief Justice of India Surya Kant had turned down the INDIA bloc leaders’ request for a meeting on Sunday. The Opposition leaders wanted to submit a memorandum opposing the SIR and calling for the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar. The CJI had said that the matter was already pending before the Supreme Court, so the leaders should approach the court by filing a petition.