New Delhi : A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra will on Monday hear the case about Judge BH Loya’s death, one of the main triggers for last week’s unprecedented crisis in India’s judiciary.
The Chief Justice’s bench, which also comprises Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, had yesterday fixed the next date of hearing and ordered that the case be put up "before the appropriate Bench as per the roster".
According to court documents issued on Saturday, it will continue to remain with the Chief Justice’s bench.
Two petitions that sought an independent probe into Judge Loya’s death had earlier been assigned to two judges including Justice Arun Mishra, the 10th most-senior judge of the Supreme Court.
But the two judges remitted the case back to the Chief Justice on Tuesday in wake of an unseemly controversy after four senior judges last week questioned what they called selective assignment of cases with far reaching consequences. The four – Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan Lokur and Kurien Joseph – had underscored that sensitive cases should be heard by senior judges.
