On Wednesday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, had told the bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna, M M Sundresh, P S Narasimha, J B Pardiwala, Sanjay Kumar, and Manoj Misra, that the minority view of Justice S C Agarwal in the Rao case is the “correct view”.
The CJI said: “That’s how we approach it. You are right. But it’s good. Now the controversy really narrows down because you are also of the view that the view of Justice Agarwal speaking for two judges is the more correct view.. ”