The CJI said that Justice Bopanna had written to registry stating he will not sit after Diwali for medical reasons and part-heard matters may be released from his bench. That is why cases went before Justice Trivedi.
As per their plan, if a Congress MLA would call the judge asking her to reject the bail plea of one of the men, she would act otherwise and grant him bail.
The Supreme Court on Saturday suspended the decision of the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court acquitting former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba in an alleged Maoist links case.
The Supreme Court issued notice in an appeal filed by the Tamil Nadu DGP against a Madras High Court order calling for a CBI probe into the Thanjavur student suicide case.