While the collegium rejected the government’s referral for reconsidering his nomination, it decided not to send the referral back to the government immediately.
Reacting on the controversy over his non-elevation as a Supreme Court judge, Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K M Joseph on Sunday said that such an incident has never happened before.
Notwithstanding the letters written by the collegium members to the CJI, which had come into the public domain, the centre disregarded the recommendation about Justice Joseph.
Justice Kurian Joseph expressed concern over the government’s unprecedented act of sitting on the collegium’s recommendation to elevate a judge and a senior advocate.
In fast moving developments, advocate Prashant Bhushan, denied urgent listing of his father's PIL, rushed to Chief Justice Dipak Misra's court and mentioned the matter for listing expeditiously.
SC dismissed a PIL seeking framing of guidelines for rational and transparent allocation of cases and constitution of benches to hear them.
Yechury today said they were discussing bringing an impeachment motion against the CJI in the coming budget session of Parliament.
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Thursday held a meeting with four senior-most Supreme Court judges to resolve issues raised by them during a press conference on January 12.
The case of CBI judge B H Loya’s death should be handed over to an “appropriate bench”, said a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra on Tuesday.
According to media reports, CJI Misra made the move in attempt to resolve the dispute between him and the four senior-most judges.
The development comes a day after him and the Bar Council of India (BCI) said that the mater has been “settled” and resolved “internally”.
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