Judiciary image dented: Ex-CJI

New Delhi: The grievances of the four top Supreme Court judges should have been addressed by the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, said one of his predecessors, R.M. Lodha, commenting that the image of the judiciary had been dented and would take a long time to repair after the judges took the unprecedented step of publicly criticizing the top judge. “It is painful and sad,” former Chief Justice Lodha told the media.

Giving his initial reaction, former Chief Justice of India Lodha said, “It’s very difficult to comment, its true, it’s extraordinary and it has never happened before.”

“The things should have been glaring, extraordinary which compelled judges to hold the press conference… when four wise men thought that way it should have been that way only. I don’t know what exactly happened … that must have been their feeling, because they are working there if administration is not in order the things should have been sorted out, and they should have been sorted out with the Chief Justice … some administrative problems must be there … it must have been a last resort,” he told the media.

Meanwhile, former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee also expressed his dissatisfaction over the development and stated that it would have severe repercussions on the functioning of the judiciary.

“I am very upset about this, I wish the 4 SC judges hadn’t done this. This will have severe repercussions on the judiciary,” Mr Sorabjee told a news channel.