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SC judges' revolt: Congress says 'democracy in danger'; ex-law minister holds Ravi Shankar Prasad responsible

Four senior SC judges mounted a virtual revolt against the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Friday, as they listed a string of problems that they said were afflicting the country's highest court.

Four senior SC judges take on CJI at press conference, allege crucial cases being allotted 'selectively'

Their primary contention remained on the way the CJI exercised his administrative powers and allotted crucial cases to benches, apparently bypassing these judges.

SC judges' revolt: CPI says D Raja visited J Chelameswar 'in his personal capacity', not as party representative

The CPI on Friday clarified that its leader D Raja had paid a visit to Justice J Chelameswar in his personal capacity and not as a representative of the party.

Supreme Court judges address media as it happened: Rahul Gandhi says questions raised by 4 judges must be thoroughly investigated

In an unprecedented event, four Supreme Court Justices will speak directly to the media. It is unclear as to what they will be speaking on.

SC judges revolt: Apex court reaping ill benefits of an opaque collegium system it gave unto itself

We are today faced by a situation where opacity has adversely affected, in the eyes of four of the senior-most judges of the Supreme Court (excluding the CJI, of course!), the proper functioning of the court.

Supreme Court judges vs CJI Dipak Misra: How RP Luthra case played a part in igniting present controversy

The press conference called by four Supreme Court judges calls for introspection on what led to such an event, what necessitated it and how institutions will recover

SC should put in place mechanism for corrective measures, not initiate contempt proceedings against judges

The Supreme Court (SC), as is the case with any higher court, has a power to reprimand anyone who it finds is in its contempt. This power is known as contempt of court.

Supreme Court judges vs CJI: Judges speaking out at press conference low point in constitutional history

We may not realise it, but the press conference held by the four Supreme Court judges will go down as a low point in our constitutional history.

'Democracy is in danger': Congress comments on press conference held by 4 Supreme Court judges

The Congress said "democracy is in danger" after four senior-most Supreme Court judges came out in the open to say that the situation in the apex court was "not in order".

Supreme Court judges' rebellion: Govt sources term it 'internal matter of judiciary', say Centre unlikely to interfere

The issues raised by the four senior Supreme Court judges in the unprecedented press conference on Friday are an "internal" matter of the judiciary, highly placed sources said, indicating that the government is unlikely to interfere.