New Delhi: The Bar Council of India (BCI) Monday said the crisis, which had erupted after four top Supreme Court judges came out openly against allocation of cases by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, has been resolved internally and the “story is over now”.
BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, who led a seven-member delegation and held hectic parleys with 15 judges including the CJI Sunday, said the controversial issues flagged by the four revolting judges were “internal issues of the family” which have been resolved internally.
“Kahani khatam ho gaya (the story is over now)”, he said even as he cautioned political parties and their leaders not to take undue mileage from the January 12 press conference by the four judges to raise problems, including the assigning of cases, saying the matter should not be politicised.
“We met around 15 judges yesterday and all of them said that BCI has done a very good job and this mediation was required. They have now resolved the issue. “BCI has been successful in its effort. No outside interference was required in the matter and even we will not impose any condition on them and they themselves would solve their differences over a cup of tea,” he told reporters here.
At a presser January 12, the four judges –Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph — had flagged some issues, including assigning of cases in the apex court and judicial appointments, and said there were certain problems afflicting the country’s highest court.
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