India, April 16 -- Allahabad high court judge, justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, whose incendiary remarks against Muslims two years ago led to the Opposition moving an impeachment notice against him, retired on Wednesday and said his words were twisted.

In December 2024, justice Yadav addressed a gathering organised by the legal cell of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad within the Allahabad High Court Bar Association premises, and made a series of incendiary statements that targeted the Muslim community and invoked majoritarian themes.

In his speech, he reportedly asserted that "India should function according to the wishes of the majority," claimed "only a Hindu can make this country a 'Vishwa Guru'," and linked practices such as triple talaq and h...