His leave is not linked to the controversy as he sought it from the CJI on personal grounds. Once a new system is evolved, the details should be uploaded on the official website of the Supreme Court, the four judges who have revolted had reportedly told the CJI. On January 12, the four judges had held an unprecedented news conference and accused CJI Misra of allocating certain cases to a select few judges. Justice Arun Mishra, who felt that the four judges were targeting him, had subsequently recused himself from hearing a public interest plea seeking a probe into special CBI judge B.H. Under this system, PILs, civil, criminal and commercial appeals can be listed only before notified benches unlike the current practice in the Supreme Court.

Source: The Telegraph January 31, 2018 21:11 UTC