Will end issues raised by four senior most judges soon: CJI Dipak Misra

New Delhi, January 15: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra on Sunday having met the Bar Council of India (BCl) and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) delegation members has vowed to settle the Supreme Court issue.

According to the Bar Council of India, he assured them that issues raised by four senior most judges of the Supreme Court in their press conference would be sorted out soon and congeniality would prevail.

‘‘We met the CJI in a congenial atmosphere and he said that everything would be sorted out soon,” Manan Kumar Mishra, chairman of the BCl said.

Mishra also said that before meeting the CJI, the panel also discussed the crisis plaguing the higher judiciary with several other judges, including three of the four senior most judges who held an press conference.

The BCI Chief also said they would hold a press conference today to apprise of their day-long parleys with the judges of the apex court.

Earlier, Supreme Court Bar Association President Vikas Singh met the CJI and handed over a resolution of the apex court lawyers' body on the crisis. He had a 15-minute meeting with the Chief Justice.

In an unprecedented development on Friday, Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurien Joseph addressed the press claiming the administration of the Supreme Court is not in order. The judges said “unless this institution is preserved, democracy will not survive in this country”.