Published on : 18 Nov 2025, 4:15 pm 2 min read

Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai on Monday said that he did not revise his draft judgment in the retrospective environmental-clearance case after reading the dissenting opinion of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan.

CJI Gavai said he did not do so though there is an earlier precedent of judges revising their final drafts after reading dissenting judgments of the brother judges on the bench.

There was a recent instance when former CJI DY Chandrachud had allegedly edited out certain lines in his judgment on the interpretation of " material resources of the community" under Article 39(b) .

CJI Chandrachud had done so after reading Justice BV Nagarathna 's dissent in which she had questioned then CJI for accusing the judges of y

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