Crisis in SC seems to be unresolved: Attorney General Venugopal


New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI): The crisis in the Supreme Court seems to be far from over with Attorney General K K Venugopal today saying the matter seems to be unresolved and Supreme Court Bar Association President Vikas Singh hoping it would be settled by this weekend.

Venugopal, who yesterday asserted that everything was settled in the judiciary, today said, "I think it (crisis) has not been settled. Lets hope things will be fully settled within 2-3 days".

A crisis erupted on January 12 after four senior judges -- Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph -- openly castigated the functioning of the top court headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.

Asked about the crisis, senior advocate and Supreme Court Bar Association President (SCBA) Singh today said there was a likelihood of the crisis being resolved by the end of this week.

"By the end of this week the crisis is likely to be resolved," he said, when asked about the present situation.

Singh said when he had handed over the resolution of the SCBA to the CJI on Sunday, he had got the impression that the crisis would be resolved.

The SCBA in its emergency meeting on Saturday had passed a resolution asking the chief justice to convene a full court meeting of the apex court judges and transfer all pending PILs for hearing before the five senior-most judges who are members of the collegium.

Asked whether he had a meeting or spoke with any of the four judges or the CJI, Venugopal said, "Nothing of that sort has happened".

However, he hoped things will be sorted out in the next couple of days.

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra had on Sunday met a seven-member delegation of the Bar Council of India and Supreme Court Bar Association President Vikas Singh and had assured them that the crisis would be sorted out soon and congeniality would prevail.

  

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  • Leela, Kadri/Hospet

    Tue, Jan 16 2018

    Where are the media anchors?? All petty things are made big and this one important for the Nation but all are quiet!! Judiciary need to be impartial and independent without any pressures of whatsoever.

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  • kas, Mangalore

    Tue, Jan 16 2018

    All are silenced by Money power and Muscle power ....
    Hana kandare Hena Bayee biduthe

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Bengaluru/Katapadi

    Tue, Jan 16 2018

    Claim is by the senior most judges of the Supreme Court and the cases which are sensitive and of national importance better to be assigned to them for quality decision

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Tue, Jan 16 2018

    All these blunders since 2014. Greater transparency is needed in the judiciary now. But I am sure that political parties will not do anything to bring transparency in judiciary, because the messy state of Indian judiciary helps the corrupt politicians.

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  • roger, manipal

    Tue, Jan 16 2018

    can anybody kindly explain me how justice is done in this following cases.
    1 . they say its fake encounter of Shorabuddin his wife & Prajapathy . if this is fake encounter then who was punished ?
    2. If judge Loya case is suspicious on what grounds , a prolonged case got settled within one month after Loya death & clean chit given to all . why CBI didn't appeal ? how the same judge got kerala governors job immediately after retirement.
    going through the above do you call this Justice. ?
    Looking at the above is our democracy SAFE ?

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  • kas, Mangalore

    Tue, Jan 16 2018

    One judge said the presence of Omit shah is a must in the court , but he is no more....Another judge said his presence is not required...
    This is the state of affairs of our corrupt judiciary ....

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Jan 16 2018

    First time in 70 Years ...

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