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No confrontation, says Chief Justice

AMRITSAR: Chief Justice of India Y.K. Sabharwal on Sunday said there was no confrontation between the judiciary and the legislature.

"Matters can be sorted out amicably by both sides," he told newspersons after presiding over a `maha' Lok Adalat at the district courts complex here. "To sort out matters, the Government has got its Solicitor-General and other legal experts."

Asked about the emergency meeting of presiding officers chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee in New Delhi on Saturday, he said: "The Speaker has the right to call meetings."

He, however, did not comment on the notice issued to the Speaker by the Supreme Court on a petition filed by MPs, expelled from Parliament following their indictment by a parliamentary committee in the `cash-for-query' scam. — UNI

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