Judgment overruledJustice Kurian was reacting to a February 8 judgment of a Bench of Justices Arun Mishra, A.K. Justice Kurian made the remarks while he was sitting along with Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta on February 21. He said the three-judge Bench, led by Justice Mishra, should have instead referred the question of law to a Bench of five judges. The day after Justice Kurian made these remarks, Justice Mishra and Justice Goel referred the land acquisition cases before their Benches to the Chief Justice,. They asked the CJI to decide on whether these matters should be heard by a larger Bench.

Source: The Hindu February 25, 2018 19:07 UTC