The Times Of India | Jan 13, 2018 , 18:47:46 IST

SC crisis: Latest updates

In an unprecedented move on Friday, four senior judges of the SC addressed a press conference and said the situation in the top court was "not in order" and many "less than desirable" things have taken place. Stay with us for the latest updates.
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We will send the unanimous resolution to the Chief Justice of India. We want that the matter be resolved as soon as possible: Vikas Singh, President SCBA

06:46 PM (IST)

06:45 PM (IST)

Supreme Court Bar Association says issues raised by the senior judges should be considered by full court at the earliest

06:43 PM (IST)

Two resolutions were passed in our executive meeting: SCBA

06:42 PM (IST)

NO PIL should go beyond the first 5 courts of the Supreme Court: SCBA

06:40 PM (IST)

Issues addressed by four judges must be resolved: SCBA

06:39 PM (IST)

SC Bar association addresses media

06:12 PM (IST)

Prime Minister and law minister had said yesterday itself that it is judiciary's internal matter and govt won't be interfering in the matter, and we appreciate the government's stand: BCI

06:10 PM (IST)

06:09 PM (IST)

As far as MOP is concerned, it must be finalised at the earliest in a proper manner. We will write a letter to the government for the same but is not that big a matter to be brought in public.: Manan Kumar Mishra, Chairman, Bar Council of India

06:08 PM (IST)

SC delegation will meet the Chief Justice of India soon.

06:07 PM (IST)

We request all the sensible politicians to not politicise the issue. BCI

06:05 PM (IST)

Issue has been politicised. There was no need for the judges to go public: Bar Council

06:02 PM (IST)

7 member team will resolve matter. The bar delegation will meet the 4 judges: Bar Council

05:55 PM (IST)

Bar Council of India meet under way in Delhi

03:02 PM (IST)

BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today asked his party colleagues and ministers to "get rid of their fear" and "speak up for democracy" like the four Supreme Court judges who came out publicly against the chief justice.

01:05 PM (IST)

12:19 PM (IST)

The Chief Justice of India must take up his responsibilities and act as a judicial statesman to talk to his judges and find a solution. Set up an internal mechanism so that such problems do not arise.

Former Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Amarendra Sharan
10:48 AM (IST)

Supreme Court Bar association to hold a meeting over allegations made by the 4 SC judges, to also address the press, later today: ANI

10:44 AM (IST)

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10:43 AM (IST)

The letter and the press conference, both in form and substance, were an open challenge to the secrecy of judicial functioning, that is unfortunately its hallmark today.

10:41 AM (IST)

The Supreme Court was thrown into its biggest-ever crisis on Friday when its four senior-most judges+ revolted against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra and launched an unprecedented public attack against his allegedly arbitrary way of assigning important cases to benches headed by junior SC judges, ignoring senior ones.

10:41 AM (IST)

The final trigger for the stunning press conference by the four senior-most judges+ of the Supreme Court came at 10.15am on Friday - just 15 minutes before the commencement of proceedings - when Chief Justice Dipak Misra bluntly turned down their last-minute request to shift a politically sensitive case from a particular bench.

10:39 AM (IST)

Seniority is a sensitive issue for high court (HC) judges, being the determinant of their career prospects, be it possible appointment as chief justice of an HC, elevation to the Supreme Court and, for the lucky ones, appointment as Chief Justice of India.

10:17 PM (IST)

This is an internal matter of the Supreme Court, AG has given a statement. No politics should be played. Surprised and pained that Congress which has been rejected number of times by people in elections is trying to gain political mileage, it has exposed itself: Sambit Patra, BJP

08:12 PM (IST)

"Our judiciary is reputed all over the world, is independent and will sort out the matter itself," says Minister of state for law P P Chaudhury.

07:57 PM (IST)

Four SC judges raised extremely important points, spoke about threat to democracy which needs to be looked into, says Rahul Gandhi.

07:47 PM (IST)

All citizens who love the idea of justice are looking at this issue, needs to be addressed: Rahul Gandhi

07:47 PM (IST)

Rahul Gandhi addresses the media

07:41 PM (IST)

Observations made by Supreme Court judges are extremely disturbing and have far reaching consequences: RS Surjewala,Congress

04:46 PM (IST)

I feel very sad about it. I am sure they (the four judges) are hurt with many things which ought not to have happened. But for heaven's sake, what they did was wrong. I don't think this damage can ever be repaired: Former Solicitor General of India N Santosh Hegde

04:40 PM (IST)

The statement of four senior judges about affairs of the Supreme Court makes us really sad as citizens, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

02:37 PM (IST)

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02:30 PM (IST)

CJI Dipak Misra resumes hearing of cases listed before it, hours after four senior most judges of SC virtually revolted against him questioning his decision on allotment of cases.

02:15 PM (IST)

02:01 PM (IST)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Law Minister RS Prasad about the allegations made by the 4 Supreme Court judges: ANI Sources

01:47 PM (IST)

01:43 PM (IST)

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra to address the media at 2 pm, Attorney General to also accompany him: ANI

01:09 PM (IST)

Judges J.Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan Lokur and Kurian Joseph release 7 page letter, that they wrote to the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.

12:56 PM (IST)

The convention of recognising that CJI is the master of roster and assign cases to different benches is for disciplined and efficient transaction of court business and not a recognition of superior authority.

12:55 PM (IST)

The Four Judge's had written a letter to the CJI two months ago airing their grievance about selective assigning of important cases to judges who are junior to them.

12:54 PM (IST)

We do not want people to say 20 years later that all four senior-most judges sold their souls: Justice Chelameswar

12:43 PM (IST)

There is an issue of assignment of a case which is raised in that letter (to CJI): Justice Ranjan Gogoi, on being asked further if it is about CBI Judge BH Loya, he said, 'yes.'

12:33 PM (IST)

They said they held the press conference as don't want to be blamed later that they did not discharge their constitutional duty to save democracy and institution in the country.

The CJI is not amenable to good advice, the Judges decided to speak out in public, they said.

12:30 PM (IST)

All four judges said that there are several irregularities happening within the SC and CJI is not amenable to requests of the senior four.

12:29 PM (IST)

We collectively tried to persuade CJI that certain things aren't in order so take remedial measures but unfortunately our efforts failed: Justice J.Chelameswar

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