[The recent "controversy" triggerred off by the four seniormost judges of the Supreme Court, barring obviously the CJI, has helped pull aside the veil, rather substantially, cloaking the functioning of the apex court. The allegation, shorn of all diplomatese, is rather straightforward. The CJI is allocating politically sensitive cases to handpicked junior judges with the mandate to deliver judgements as desired.
The public at large have a stake in the just and transparent functioning of the judicial system, as a whole, including the Supreme Court of India. In fact, they're the most major stakeholders. They've a right to know.] http://indianexpress.com/article/india/supreme-court-jasti-chelameswar-ranjan-gogoi-madan-b-lokur-kurian-joseph-dipak-mishra-5025132/ Supreme Court matter ‘resolved’, courtrooms functioning normally: Bar Council chairman In the presser, Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph had flagged some problems, including the assigning of cases in the apex court, and said there were certain issues afflicting the country's highest court. By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: January 15, 2018 6:08 pm Supreme Court judges who protested 'publicly' against CJI are back at work Justice Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan Lokur and Kurian Joseph at the press conference. (Express Photo/Abhinav Saha) The four most senior judges of the Supreme Court, who had on January 12 held an unprecedented press conference and raised the issue of assignment of cases and protested publicly against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Mishra, on Monday attended the court and took up their routine work. The four judges — Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph — took up their respective business on the first working day of the top court after the January 12 presser. However, there was a delay in the start of the proceedings of the apex court. The court began at 10:39 am, which was nine minutes late as per the scheduled time. Meanwhile, Bar Council of India chairman Manan Kumar Mishra said that the matter has now been resolved. “We met 15 SC judges and all have assured that issues have been resolved. Political parties should not try and take mileage from the incident,” PTI quoted Mishra as saying. “All four senior-most judges have resolved the differences and are attending the court. There is no need of any action on these four judges; All of them are honest and men of integrity,” he added. Supreme Court Crisis |Bar Council cautions political parties against meddling with judiciary The Indian Express has learnt that CJI Dipak Misra has not made any move to reach out to the four judges since their Friday press meeting. There had been reports that the CJI could hold talks with the four judges who together with him comprise the Collegium, the highest decision-making body of the judiciary. However, sources close to the judges said that till late Sunday evening, there had been no overture in this regard on Justice Misra’s part. Supreme Court Crisis | PM Modi’s Principal Secy Nripendra Misra drops by CJI Dipak Misra’s home Yesterday, CJI Dipak Misra had met a seven-member delegation of the Bar Council of India and Supreme Court Bar Association President Vikas Singh and had assured them that the crisis would be sorted out soon and congeniality would prevail. Supreme Court Judges Address Nation To Appeal For Saving The Institution In the presser, these judges had flagged some problems, including the assigning of cases in the apex court, and said there were certain issues affecting the country’s highest court. (With PTI inputs) -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
