Deliberations to resolve Supreme Court crisis continue

NEW DELHI: Deliberations to resolve the issues that were raised at the January 12 presser by four seniormost Supreme Court judges continued today with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra meeting other judges over lunch.

However, Justice J Chelameswar, who had led the four judges in the unprecedented press conference, was not present during the discussions as he was on leave today.

Sources said that the apex court judges met over lunch hosted by Justice A K Goel and some discussions took place among them.


The outcome of the deliberations was not known.

Justices Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph had on January 12 raised a litany of problems, including assigning of cases in the apex court, and said there were certain issues afflicting the country's highest court.

The CJI and justices Lokur and Joseph had yesterday attended a function at the apex court lawns and were even seen shaking hands with each other.

The CJI and several other judges of the top court had been meeting each other to discuss the issues which had come up at the presser.