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SC judges against CJI | Bar Council of India forms delegation to mediate, urges parties against politicising issue

Bar Council of India hopes to solve the matter at earliest.

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Bar Council of India on Saturday decided to form a 7 member delegation to meet all judges of Supreme Court, including the 4  dissenting senior judges of Supreme Court. Initially they will be meeting the other judges and later CJI and the 4 dissenting judges, said Bar Council of India Chairman.

Their decision came after a meeting on the wake of unprecedented press conference by 4 senior Supreme Court judges on Friday, where they  questioned the conduct of the CJI and claimed that their efforts in convincing the latter to take steps to protect the institution have gone in vain. 

This lead to legal fraternity getting sharply divided over whether it was proper for four senior SC judges to go public with their grievances. While the government has so far indicated that it would like the judiciary to sort out the matter internally, AG has expressed hope that all the judges would soon be able to bury their hatchet. 

Bar Council of India has taken the lead to ensure that much needed reconciliation takes place soon.  On Saturday, after the press conference, BCI Chairman addressed the press. 

Manan Kumar Mishra  said, " We have unanimously decided to form a 7-member delegation of the Council who will meet Hon. judges of the Supreme Court. We want that the matter be solved at the earliest. As far as MOP is concerned, it must be finalised at the earliest in a proper manner. We will write a letter to the govt for the same but is not that big a matter to be brought in public"

BCI Chairman said that they are willing to also negotiate in the issue, but steps should be taken to ensure that judiciary's image doesn't get sullied. He also expressed hope saying that it is a family dispute and will soon get solved. 

He urged all political parties to refrain from making statements about this issue. Mishra said, " Prime Minister and law minister had said yesterday itself that it is judiciary's internal matter and govt won't be interfering in the matter, and we appreciate the government's stand". 

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), a representative body of SC lawyers also held a meeting on Saturday and came up with set of steps it would like to take to counter this unprecedented crisis. 

SCBA President Vikas Singh says that at an emergency executive meeting, grave concern was expressed over reported differences between the four judges and the CJI. He said, " If required, we will seek an appointment from the CJI an  other judges to talk about the developments which are a matter of grave concern", reports PTI. However SCBA didn't make any comment regarding whether the 4 senior judges did the right thing by going public with their grievances. 

It passed a resolution saying differences of four judges with the CJI be considered by full bench of the apex court. About the issue of PILs being heard by SC, it opined that they should be heard by CJI or senior judges of the collegium. It has urged for an urgent course correction demanding "even PILs listed for hearing on Monday  be transferred from other benches to either the bench of the CJI or benches headed by members of collegium". 

With agency inputs

 

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