Government express concern to CJI Dipak Misra on the SC judges' situation

Government express concern to CJI Dipak Misra on the SC judges' situation

In an unprecedented event, four of Supreme Court’s senior sitting judges, Justices J.Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan Lokur and Kurian Joseph addressed a joint press conference on Friday afternoon citing disagreement on the allocation of certain cases by the CJI Dipak Misra.

Introducing the press briefing Justice J.Chelameswar said, "This is an extraordinary event in the history of the judiciary, with no pleasure we were forced to call this nation for a press conference".

Speaking further about the issue, Justice Chelameswar said, “We tried to tell the Chief Justice Dipak Misra about certain things that are not in order, but unfortunately our efforts were failed”.

Chelameswar said, "Unless this institution is preserved, democracy will not survive in this country."