Three judges told to quit Kalpana Rawal case

Deputy Chief Justice Kalpana Rawal. (Photo: File/Standard)

Three Supreme Court judges have been urged to disqualify themselves from hearing a petition in which Deputy Chief Justice has disputed the age at which she should retire.

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC), the Judiciary and activist Okiyah Omtatah claimed Chief Justice Willy Mutunga, Justice Smokin Wanjala and Justice Njoki Ndungu would not be impartial. Mr Omtatah and the JSC through counsel Charles Kanjama said Dr Mutunga and Dr Wanjala sit on the JSC as corporate members while Justice Njoki has filed an application against her employer, the JSC.