Days after 4 rebel SC publicly questioned the Chief Justice of India of assigning cases of importance to select benches, a five-judge bench was announced which continued to include judges of lower seniority.
Despite the grave accusations, CJI Misra did not include the four senior-most justices – Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph.
The five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by CJI Misra, consists of Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan.
The bench will commence the hearing on a range of crucial matters from Wednesday, January 17. It will listen to top cases including the validity of the Aadhaar Act, 2013 judgement re-criminalising gay sex between consenting adults, entry of women in Kerala’s Sabarimala temple and many more crucial matters.
