Overview
- The bench of Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran declined to entertain a writ by G.V. Sarvan Kumar seeking to be appointed a Telangana High Court judge.
- Chief Justice Gavai remarked that the plea mocked the Constitution and the collegium system, quipping about constituting a meeting of the three senior-most judges.
- The court rebuked the petitioner’s counsel for filing the case, even suggesting withdrawal of his sanad before accepting an apology.
- The petition was dismissed as withdrawn after the counsel sought permission to retract the plea.
- The hearing comes as the government has notified Justice Surya Kant to take over as Chief Justice of India on November 24 following CJI Gavai’s retirement on November 23.