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.
The Supreme Court on Friday interim medical bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain who is in jail in a money laundering case
A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli gave Jain liberty to move the top court's vacation bench in his appeal against a Delhi High Court judgment denying him bail.