SC crises: From LGBTQ to coal scam - Top 15 cases given to junior judges

The Delhi bar association said that by questioning the assignment of cases, the dissenting Supreme Court (SC) judges have doubted the competency of junior SC judges

Last week, for the first time ever in India, four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court called a press conference and aired their grievances against the Chief Justice of India (CJI). Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph mounted a virtual revolt against CJI Dipak Misra, raising questions on "selective" allocation of cases. There have been instances where cases having far-reaching consequences for the nation have been assigned by the chief justice of the apex court selectively to the benches ‘of their preference’ without any rationale basis for such assignment. This