Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and the senior judges who took him on publicly will come together today at a weekly lunch at the Supreme Court, amid efforts at ending a rift that could impact important cases. Three of the judges — Justice Jasti Chelameswar is not in court today as he is unwell — are expected at the lunch.
Justices Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan Lokur and Kurien Joseph, who are the country’s senior-most after the Chief Justice, have been kept out of a constitution bench that will decide on eight important cases. One of them, a legal challenge to the Aadhaar system, will be taken up today.
The case involving Judge Loyas deathwhich was one of the main triggers for the unprecedented crisis, could be reassigned.
The two judges who heard the case yesterday said in an order that the case be “put up before the appropriate Bench”. That leaves the Chief Justice to decide whether to assign the case to a different set of judges.
