SC asks states/UTs to decide on plea seeking to conduct yatras on poll awareness
The bench was told that such orders prohibit all kinds of assemblies, meetings and demonstrations during the duration of elections.
A day after the Bar Council of India (BCI) delegation met Chief Justice Dipak Misra to end the ongoing crisis in the Supreme Court, Attorney General KK Venugopal on Monday said that everything was “okay” as he hinted that a resolution might be in sight.
Talking to the media, Venugopal said: “All the judges are sitting (in their courts)… everything is okay,” referring to the four rebel judges– J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Kurian Joseph and Madan B Lokur.
The rebel judges had criticised the Chief Justice over allocation of cases, saying the administration of the top court was “not in order”.
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Meanwhile, all 25 SC judges are expected to meet soon to resolve the crisis in the country’s apex court.
Supreme Court Bar Association President Vikas Singh met Justice Misra and gave him a copy of the resolution the Bar passed on Saturday. The resolution also suggested a Full Court meeting to resolve the matter.
Two days after the crisis began, a seven-member delegation of the BCI had on Sunday met the Chief Justice to convey its concern over the issue. The BCI also met three of the four rebel judges.
As the crisis lingered, four retired judges wrote to Justice Misra on Sunday, throwing their weight behind the four rebel judges who “have brought to light a serious issue regarding the manner of allocation of cases, particularly sensitive cases, to various benches of the Supreme Court”.
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