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CJI meets 4 dissenting SC Judges, but talks remained inconclusive

Team SoOLEGAL 19 Jan 2018 11:08am

CJI meets 4 dissenting SC Judges, but talks remained inconclusive

The senior most judges of the Supreme Court – Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph – met the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra for the second time this week.

However, even the second round of talks – on the issues flagged by the rebel SC judges – failed to bridge the chasm between the CJI and the judges.

The meeting lasted for around 20 minutes, wherein the rebel SC judges asked the Chief Justice to set up a committee of senior judges to devise a mechanism for transparency in allocation of cases to benches.

The CJI, however, was reluctant to concede to the demands of the four senior SC judges, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Sources further added that even though the CJI reiterated his earlier statement that he would look into their grievances, the Chief Justice was reluctant to hold a press conference and publicly acknowledge their grouse.

Currently, cases are marked as per the roster notified by the Supreme Court registry. This is done once the CJI approves it. Though the marking is computer-generated, the CJI has a say when the registry informs him about a sensitive matter in advance. As the administrative head the CJI can either retain the matter, let it be heard by the bench as per the roster or send it to another bench.

It is this discretionary power which the four judges have attacked; their claim is that senior judges were being overlooked when it came to hearing sensitive cases.

According to the people familiar with the matter, the CJI expressed his inability to accept the proposal because it would compromise the Chief Justice’s power, a matter on which a five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice Misra recently gave the verdict on November 10, 2017.

As Justice Chelameswar left the city on a private visit and is expected to return on Sunday night, the impasse is not likely to end anytime soon. And, in case the talks between the SC judges fail, then the CJI may have to convene a full court meeting to end the stalemate. 



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