Judicial Crisis Seems To Be Not Resolved, Likely To Be Finally Settled In 2-3 days, Says Attorney General

The Attorney General, K K Venugopal, on Tuesday said that the judicial crisis doesn't seem to have resolved, and it may take 2- 3 days to be finally settled.

This has come a day after both the AG and Chairman of Bar Council of India had said that the issue was resolved.

"Yes, I think it has not been settled. Let's hope things will be fully settled within 2-3 days," Venugopal told. Asked about reports about the impasse continuing, the AG said he has to agree with the view.

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

On Monday, all the four senior-most Supreme Court judges who had last week held an unprecedented press conference and raised issue of assignment of cases,  attended court and took up routine work, with Attorney General terming these developments as "a storm in a tea cup".

The four judges -- Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph -- took up their respective business on the first working day of the top court after the January 12 press conference.

In the presser, the four judges had flagged some problems, including the assigning of cases in the apex court, and said there were certain issues afflicting the country's highest court.

Meanwhile, the four senior judges who openly criticised the Chief Justice of India ,Deepak Misra, were not included in the 5-judge constitution bench set up by the CJI that will hear major cases.

The bench, headed by the Chief Justice, does not include the four judges -- Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph.

As per official information, the 5-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A K Sikri, Justice A M Khanwilkar, Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Ashok Bhushan, will commence the hearing on a range of crucial matters from January 17.

Court sources said it was not confirmed whether the CJI today met the four judges who had hurled accusations against him at their controversial press conference on January 12.

As per the list of business for tomorrow, the 5-judge bench will hear major cases such as those challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act and its 2013 judgement re-criminalising gay sex between consenting adults.