A day after he stated that everything was settled in the higher judiciary, Attorney General KK Venugopal on Tuesday said that the crisis has not been resolved yet.
“Judicial crisis seems to be not resolved,” said Venugopal. The AG also hoped that it will be “fully settled” in a couple of days.
On whether he had a meeting or spoke with any of the four judges or the CJI, Venugopal told PTI, “Nothing of that sort has happened”.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court Bar Association President Vikas Singh also said that the crisis in Supreme Court likely to be resolved by the end of this week.
On Monday, the Bar Council of India (BCI) had claimed that the Supreme Court judges issue was resolved and the matter has been laid to rest and all courtrooms were functioning normally.
The four judges — Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph — had mounted a virtual revolt against the CJI at a press meet in Delhi raising a litany of problems including assignment of cases, and said there were certain issues afflicting the country’s highest court. On Monday they attended court and took up routine work.
However, in another turn of events, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra has set up a five-judge constitution bench under him to hear several major cases, but the bench doesn’t comprise the four senior judges of the top court.
On Sunday, Chief Justice of India 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.