Supreme Court judge Jasti Chelameswar along with other judges addresses a press conference in New Delhi, Friday, January 12, 2018.
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Supreme Court judge Justice Jasti Chelameswar during a book launch 'Appointment of Judges to the Supreme Court of India' edited by Arghya Sengupta and Ritwika Sharma in New Delhi.
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Supreme Court judge Justice Jasti Chelameswar and author Arghya Sengupta during the book launch 'Appointment of Judges to the Supreme Court of India' in New Delhi.
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Supreme Court judge Justice Jasti Chelameswar at the launch of the book “Supreme Court of India- The Beginnings”, authored by Vikram Raghavan and Vasujith Ram, in New Delhi.
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Supreme Court judge Jasti Chelameswar during a addresses a press conference in New Delhi.
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Supreme Court judge Jasti Chelameswar along with other judges addresses a press conference in New Delhi.
With the superannuation of Justice Chelameswar, Justice A K Sikri, who is number six in seniority at the moment, will become part of the five-member collegium
Justice Chelameswar had recently courted controversy by holding a press conference along with other three senior most judges in which litany of allegations were made against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.
"Someone running a relentless tirade against me that I am up to grab something. This country will follow its own course but I'm sorry and I can't deal with this PIL," said Justice Chelameswar who is “going to retire in a few days”.
Eminent jurist and former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee on impeachment motion against the CJI, the unprecedented press-conference by the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court, and the rights of the CJI as 'master of the roster'.
The ‘mutiny’ raises some fundamental questions about the judiciary, and its relation with the executive. It was a moment of rupture created by many backstories.