India, Feb. 26 -- According to highly placed sources, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is expected to reject the Impeachment notice against Madras High Court Justice GR Swaminathan. "A judge cannot be removed by Parliament for a judicial pronouncement, parliamentary sources said on Wednesday, questioning the opposition's move to impeach a Madras High Court judge over his lamp-lighting ruling," sources said.

They said that corruption, misconduct and misdemeanour can be criteria to remove a Supreme Court or a High Court judge. In December last year, more than 100 opposition MPs, led by the DMK and Congress, had given a notice to remove Madras High Court judge GR Swaminathan following his ruling that allowed Hindu devotees to light a lamp at the ...