New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- Former Supreme Court judges and chief justices of High Courts criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks on the Opposition's Vice Presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy on Monday.

In a statement released on Monday, the former judges said, "The statement of the Union Home Minister Mr. Amit Shah publicly misinterpreting the judgement of the Supreme Court in the Salwa Judum case is unfortunate."

They said, "The judgment nowhere supports, either expressly or by compelling implication of its text, Naxalism or its ideology."

On Amit Shah's comments against Reddy, the judges said, "While the campaign for the office of the Vice President of India may well be ideological, it can be conducted civilly and wi...