CJI Dipak Misra meets 2 top judges, tells them he's looking into issues

April 14, 2018 09:31

under pressure after the letters from Justices Jasti Chelameswar and Kurian Joseph about the government's role in stalling appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and high courts, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is understood to have informed two of his colleagues that he is working to address the concerns.

Sources said that CJI Misra informally met Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Kurian Joseph and indicated that he was looking into the issues pertaining to the apex court. The meeting, which lasted for half-an-hour, followed the inauguration of the gymnasium in the Supreme Court premises by the CJI.

Without referring to the letters or naming any individuals whose appointments have been stalled, CJI Misra is learnt to have informed his two colleagues of his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sources said the CJI spoke to Modi at a meeting to discuss the Lokpal selection committee.

Justices Gogoi and Joseph are both members of the collegium for selection of judges for the Supreme Court, and were among the four Supreme Court judges who went public with their letter to the CJI, over various issues pertaining to the functioning of the court, at a press conference in January. The other two judges, Justices Chelameswar and Madan Lokur, were not present during the informal meeting on Wednesday evening.

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