New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Over 100 opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) on 9 December submitted a notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to move a motion for the removal of Madras High Court Judge GR Swaminathan.

DMK parliamentary party leader Kanimozhi, the party's leader in the Lok Sabha, MP TR Baalu, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, among others, handed over a notice with over 100 signatures of parliamentarians for moving a motion to remove the judge.

The motion seeks impeachment of Justice Swaminathan on grounds of "misconduct". It states that the judge's conduct raises questions about his impartiality, transparency and secular functioning, according to legal news website, LiveLaw.

The n...