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The '''[[Supreme Court of India]]''' was in crisis after a press conference was given by Supreme Court judges [[Jasti Chelameswar]], [[Ranjan Gogoi]], [[Madan Lokur]], and [[Kurian Joseph]], in which they spoke against the [[Chief Justice of India]] [[Dipak Misra]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/in-extraordinary-development-4-supreme-court-judges-come-out-against-chief-justice-of-india/articleshow/62470464.cms | title=Stunning mutiny in Supreme Court ranks, 4 judges take on Chief Justice of India | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=12 January 2018 | access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/120118/top-4-sc-judges-revolt-against-chief-justice-question-biased-decisions.html | title=Top 4 SC judges revolt against Chief Justice, question 'biased decisions' | publisher=[[Deccan Chronicle]] | date=12 January 2018 | access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref> that he allocates certain politically controversial cases to such benches which gives favourable judgements towards a political party.

The judges mentioned the allocation of the case of investigation of death of Special CBI Judge — [[BH Loya]] , who was presiding over [[Death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh|Sohrabuddin encounter case]], in which the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] President [[Amit Shah]] was the prime accused.

==Background==
On 12 January 2018, four Supreme Court judges [[Jasti Chelameswar]], [[Ranjan Gogoi]], [[Madan Lokur]] and [[Kurian Joseph]] gave a press meeting in an unprecedented manner. Chelameswar said, “We tried to collectively persuade the chief justice that certain things are not in order and therefore you should take remedial measures....Unfortunately, our efforts failed.” He also said, “that unless this institution is preserved and it maintains its equanimity, democracy will not survive in this country.” The occurred after Misra headed the bench which dismissed the CJAR petition against him, and after the [[Loya Case|Justice Loya case]] had attracted scrutiny.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/law/dipak-misra-shadow-supreme-court|title=Dipak Misra's shadow over the Supreme Court|last=Dev|first=Atul|website=The Caravan|language=en|access-date=2019-08-16}}</ref> The allegations against Misra were related to the allotment of matters to benches and constituting Constitution Benches in a way that arbitrarily ignored Senior Judges of the Court. That important cases were heard by benches headed by [[Dipak Misra]]. The judges claimed to have a written a letter to [[Dipak Misra]] for which they had not received a reply.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/turmoil-in-supreme-court-top-developments/articleshow/62475813.cms | title=Turmoil in Supreme Court: Top developments | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=12 January 2018 | access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42660391 | title=India Supreme Court judges: Democracy is in danger | work=[[BBC News]] | access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/12/top-judges-angry-about-functioning-indias-supreme-court.html | title=Top judges angry about functioning of India's Supreme Court | publisher=[[Fox News]] | access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/top-judges-angry-about-functioning-of-indias-supreme-court/2018/01/12/c08cc836-f76e-11e7-9af7-a50bc3300042_story.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112093300/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/top-judges-angry-about-functioning-of-indias-supreme-court/2018/01/12/c08cc836-f76e-11e7-9af7-a50bc3300042_story.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 January 2018 | title=Judges angry about functioning of India's Supreme Court | work=[[The Washington Post]] | author=Ashok Sharma | date=12 January 2018 | access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref> After the press conference, Misra created a new judicial roster which excluded those who spoke against him from all constitution benches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/law/dipak-misra-shadow-supreme-court|title=Dipak Misra's shadow over the Supreme Court|last=Dev|first=Atul|website=The Caravan|language=en|access-date=2019-08-16}}</ref>

==Proposed impeachment of the Chief Justice of India==
On 20 April 2018, seven opposition parties submitted a petition seeking impeachment of [[Dipak Misra]] to the Vice President [[Venkaiah Naidu]], with signatures from 71 parliamentarians.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/opposition-parties-submit-petition-to-rajya-sabha-chairman-for-chief-justices-impeachment-1840245|title=Chief Justice Dipak Misra Faces Impeachment Motion, 71 Have Signed: 10 Facts|work=NDTV.com|access-date=2018-04-20}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
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