Sources said a demand would be made to the CJI to take a corrective measure before the oath-taking ceremony in the Supreme Court, which is likely to take place on Tuesday.
The other two judges are Indira Banerjee and Vineet Saran. With the appointment of Justice Banerjee, the Supreme Court would have three female judges and now, the total number of judges in the apex court would be 25, against the sanctioned strength of 31.
On Friday, the government cleared Banerjee's name, along with Orissa HC CJ Vineet Saran and Uttarakhand HC CJ K M Joseph as judges of the Supreme Court.
SCBA president Vikas Singh said the bar body had met him last week to invite him for the farewell on May 18, which is the last working day of the Supreme Court before the summer vacation.
"Kahani khatam ho gaya (the story is now over)", BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra told a press conference here.
As per the cause list of the apex court, Court No. 10 presided over by Justice Arun Mishra would not be sitting on Monday as one of the judges Shantanagoudar is on leave, further indicating a postponement in the mysterious death case.
The Sena chief said that the crisis be addressed without any interference from the government as he termed the allegations made by four Supreme Court judges "disturbing".
The government has no say in it and does not wish to interfere, the sources said.
Addressing the media, the judges pointed out 'several irregularities happening within the apex court', sharing their say in the public domain for the first time ever.
Putting forth their opinions in the public domain for the first time, one of the judges, Justice J Chelameswar, said "four of us are convinced that for the survival of democracy, an impartial judge and judiciary is needed"
The press conference was hurriedly called at the residence of Justice Chelameswar, No.2 in the apex court hierarchy, on various issues relating to the functioning of the SC.
The country's judge-population ratio has gone up marginally in the past three years against the backdrop of increased sanctioned strength, latest data of the law ministry says.
Having over-ruled the judgments pronounced 63 years and 55 years ago in 1954 and 1962 respectively, Justice Chandrachud said that privacy is the constitutional core of human dignity which has both a normative and descriptive function
While a few names of retired judges are already with the board, it wants to broaden the pool of prospective candidates and would like its state associations to suggest a few more names.
The district courts across the country have a whopping 2.8 crore pending cases while nearly 5,000 positions of judicial officers remain vacant leading to suggestions in two Supreme Court reports to increase the judicial manpower manifold.
In order to keep track of judicial functions, the government has issued unique identification numbers to 16,795 judges of district and subordinate courts across the country.
In a move that could further intensify the tussle between the judiciary and executive, the government has proposed setting up a mechanism that will deal with complaints against judges in the Supreme Court and in
In India there are over 4,000 vacancies of judges in subordinate courts in the country. Government said in the Rajya Sabha that, total of 4,432 vacancies of judges in subordinate courts in the
New Delhi: Dismissing any confrontation with the judiciary on framing a procedure for appointment of judges to the higher judiciary, newly appointed Union Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the process of appointing judges
Hyderabad: Judges from Telangana and Andhra Pardesh took to streets on Sunday in protest against non-withdrawal of the list of provisional allocation of judicial officers between both the states, with over 100 of them submitting
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